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Wind Speed Trend Effects on the Length of the Thermal Comfort Period in European Russia in Recent Decades
AbstractThe combination of the parameters of temperature, humidity, and wind conditions of surface air, solar radiation fluxes, human metabolism...
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Evaluating the Spatial Distribution of Thermal Comfort Conditions in a High-Elevated Cold City Centre, Erzurum
Altered characteristics of urban microclimates elongating the daily and seasonal exposure periods to heat stress and enlarging the size of the...
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Research on summer outdoor thermal comfort based on COMFA model in an urban park of Fuzhou, China
Climate change and intensification of urban heat island are making the outdoor environment more uncomfortable during hot weather. Improving the...
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Climate projections of human thermal comfort for indoor workplaces
Climate models predict meteorological variables for outdoor spaces. Nevertheless, most people work indoors and are affected by heat indoors. We...
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Indoor Thermal Comfort Assessment for Residential Buildings in an Arid Climate
Indoor thermal comfort is critical for the well-being and efficiency of inhabitants. In this period of climate change and global warming, the hot-dry...
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Assessment and prediction of pedestrian thermal comfort through machine learning modelling in tropical urban climate of Nagpur City
Urbanization contributes to the elevated temperatures in built environments, creating Urban Heat Islands (UHI). These UHI intensify heat stress...
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Assessment of Outdoor Thermal Comfort Using Landsat 8 Imageries with Machine Learning Tools over a Metropolitan City of India
Rapid urbanization causes potential changes in the urban landscape, resulting in significant changes in land surface temperature and outdoor thermal...
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Evaluation of the Effects of Thermal Comfort Conditions and Weather Conditions on Traffic Rule Violations and Traffic Accidents
In the study, the relationship between weather conditions and thermal comfort conditions and road traffic accidents (RTA) and road traffic rule...
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Green roofs are effective in cooling and mitigating urban heat islands to improve human thermal comfort
The present work was carried out in the city of Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, one of the largest coastal cities in Northeast Brazil (NEB). The...
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Impacts of Roof/Ground Mitigation Strategies on Improving the Urban Thermal Environment and Human Comfort over the Yangtze River Delta, China
The combined effects of global warming and the urban heat islands exacerbate the risk of urban heat stress. It is crucial to implement effective...
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Summertime Microscale Assessment and Prediction of Urban Thermal Comfort Zone Using Remote-Sensing Techniques for Kuwait
Urbanization significantly accelerates the replacement of natural land-use and land-cover (LULC) classes, which can raise the temperature and...
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Feasibility of climate reanalysis data as a proxy for onsite weather measurements in outdoor thermal comfort surveys
Outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) surveys require synchronous monitoring of meteorological variables for direct comparisons against subjective thermal...
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Thermal comfort analysis of fired-clay brick, cement-sand block and cement stabilized earth block masonry house models
Fired-clay brick, cement-sand block and cement stabilized earth blocks are the most commonly used material for masonry construction in Sri Lanka....
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Assessment and prediction of land surface temperature effects on human thermal comfort in the city of Oran, Algeria
Urban expansion has made thermal conditions a significant concern in the city of Oran. The daily dynamics of transportation and industrial activities...
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Importance of assessing outdoor thermal comfort and its use in urban adaptation strategies: a case study of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Climate change at the regional and local levels is forcing strong implementation of urban adaptation strategies related to climate-conscious...
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Derivation of spatially distributed thermal comfort levels in Jordan as investigated from remote sensing, GIS tools, and computational methods
Thermal comfort is usually calculated using discrete point measurements. This procedure is not suitable to study thermal comfort for inhabited areas...
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A new model approach to map** bioclimatic comfort conditions
Bioclimatic comfort is the state of please with the climatic conditions of the environment in which people live. These are situations in which the...
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Human comfort analysis for Turkey’s coastal tourism in a changing climate
When the regional and sectoral impacts caused by climate change are evaluated with different levels of vulnerability, the climate change risks that...
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Quantifying the effects of meteorological change between neighboring days on human thermal comfort in China
The meteorological change between neighboring days is an important meteorological indicator that reflects the meteorological variability and...
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Bioclimatic comfort difference with the effect of urbanisation: the case of Uşak city, Turkey
Rapid human population increase in cities following industrial revolution caused irreversible changes in the physical structure of urban areas by...
