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Aksözen, M, Hassler, U and Kohler, N (2017) Reconstitution of the dynamics of an urban building stock. Building Research & Information, 45(03), 239-58.
Aksözen, M, Hassler, U, Rivallain, M and Kohler, N (2017) Mortality analysis of an urban building stock. Building Research & Information, 45(03), 259-77.
Lamb, S and Kwok, K C S (2017) Sopite syndrome in wind-excited buildings: Productivity and wellbeing impacts. Building Research & Information, 45(03), 347-58.
Lopes, M A R, Antunes, C H, Reis, A and Martins, N (2017) Estimating energy savings from behaviours using building performance simulations. Building Research & Information, 45(03), 303-19.
Parkinson, T and de Dear, R (2017) Thermal pleasure in built environments: Spatial alliesthesia from air movement. Building Research & Information, 45(03), 320-35.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: personal control; thermal pleasure; air movement; alliesthesia; non-steady-state environments; physiology; local discomfort; thermal comfort; personalized ventilation; comfort; draft; partial-body; flow; construction & building technology; human respo
- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2016.1140932
- Abstract:
In recent years there has been a shift in research focus away from the negative effects of draught towards the positive benefits of air movement, particularly in the context of personal environmental control (PEC) systems. Thermal perception under targeted air movement is different from exposures in airflow uniformly distributed across the body, but is less well understood. Specification of performance criteria for PEC systems remains unresolved, as there are no clear conclusions regarding optimum target area, velocity ranges or patterns of velocity dynamics. This paper examines the effects of different local air-velocity profiles on thermal sensation and thermal pleasure experienced by human subjects near the upper boundary of the comfort zone, and interprets the findings within the theoretical framework of spatial alliesthesia. It was found that positive thermal pleasure can be achieved when contrasting relationships between local and global skin temperatures trends are established. The substantial body of research literature on local thermal discomfort can be coherently interpreted within the theoretical framework of spatial alliesthesia; local discomfort represents thermal alliesthesia with the incorrect polarity between local and global thermal states. Spatial alliesthesia therefore provides a conceptual framework to understand PEC systems and their potential to minimize occupant thermal dissatisfaction.;In recent years there has been a shift in research focus away from the negative effects of draught towards the positive benefits of air movement, particularly in the context of personal environmental control (PEC) systems. Thermal perception under targeted air movement is different from exposures in airflow uniformly distributed across the body, but is less well understood. Specification of performance criteria for PEC systems remains unresolved, as there are no clear conclusions regarding optimum target area, velocity ranges or patterns of velocity dynamics. This paper examines the effects of different local air-velocity profiles on thermal sensation and thermal pleasure experienced by human subjects near the upper boundary of the comfort zone, and interprets the findings within the theoretical framework of spatial alliesthesia. It was found that positive thermal pleasure can be achieved when contrasting relationships between local and global skin temperatures trends are established. The substantial body of research literature on local thermal discomfort can be coherently interpreted within the theoretical framework of spatial alliesthesia; local discomfort represents thermal alliesthesia with the incorrect polarity between local and global thermal states. Spatial alliesthesia therefore provides a conceptual framework to understand PEC systems and their potential to minimize occupant thermal dissatisfaction.;In recent years there has been a shift in research focus away from the negative effects of draught towards the positive benefits of air movement, particularly in the context of personal environmental control (PEC) systems. Thermal perception under targeted air movement is different from exposures in airflow uniformly distributed across the body, but is less well understood. Specification of performance criteria for PEC systems remains unresolved, as there are no clear conclusions regarding optimum target area, velocity ranges or patterns of velocity dynamics. This paper examines the effects of different local air-velocity profiles on thermal sensation and thermal pleasure experienced by human subjects near the upper boundary of the comfort zone, and interprets the findings within the theoretical framework of spatial alliesthesia. It was found that positive thermal pleasure can be achieved when contrasting relationships between local and global skin temperatures trends are established. The substantial body of research literature on local thermal discomfort can be coherently interpreted within the theoretical framework of spatial alliesthesia; local discomfort represents thermal alliesthesia with the incorr ct polarity between local and global thermal states. Spatial alliesthesia therefore provides a conceptual framework to understand PEC systems and their potential to minimize occupant thermal dissatisfaction.;
Rinkinen, J and Jalas, M (2017) Moving home: Houses, new occupants and the formation of heating practices. Building Research & Information, 45(03), 293-302.
Smits, W, van Buiten, M and Hartmann, T (2017) Yield-to-BIM: Impacts of BIM maturity on project performance. Building Research & Information, 45(03), 336-46.
Weinsziehr, T, Grossmann, K, Gröger, M and Bruckner, T (2017) Building retrofit in shrinking and ageing cities: A case-based investigation. Building Research & Information, 45(03), 278-92.