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Thermal comfort is one of the most important ergonomic aspects of building
occupancy. In this research, laboratory experiments are performed in a climatic
chamber and described in detail. Experiments are carried out under two scenarios:
with two different college students cohorts and with five different but
comparable experimental conditions in each cohort. Three hundred twenty-two
individual assessments under specific controlled thermal environment conditions
are collected. The actual thermal sensation assessments obtained in the
experiments are compared to the results obtained by a predicted mean vote
(PMV) model. The correlation analysis shows that statistically significant differences
are meaningful between the spring-summer and the autumn-winter
experiments but not between genders. This paper discusses the plausible factors
contributing to the different correlations experienced in the autumn-winter
and spring-summer experiments. A correction factor between PMV according
to Fanger's comfort equation and the actual thermal sensation values reported
by the participants is also sought with a focus on the seasonal effects. The predicted
results are in good agreement with the experimental results. This allows
for further considerations about the influence of the season on the initial thermal
sensations experienced by young adults.
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Association analysis Climatic chamber Correction factor Predicted mean vote Seasonal differences Thermal comfort
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd