Fergus Nicol, Michael Humphreys, Susan Roaf

Adaptive Thermal Comfort: Principles and Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In a world where fossil fuels are becoming scarcer and more expensive, and the climate more extreme, the challenge of designing comfortable buildings requires a new approach. This timely book provides just that. It explains, in a clear and comprehensible manner, how we stay comfortable by using our bodies, our minds and our buildings, and their systems, to adapt to indoor and outdoor conditions which change with the weather and the climate. The book is in two sections. The first introduces the Principles on which the theory of adaptive thermal comfort is based. The second explains how to use field studies to measure thermal comfort in Practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 172mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9780415691598
• ISBN-10: 0415691591
• Artikelnr.: 33609421

Autorenporträt

Fergus Nicol has led a number of important research projects on comfort which have influenced thinking internationally. He has authored numerous journal articles and other publications including guidance on comfort and overheating. Fergus convenes the Network for Comfort and Energy use in Buildings and organises their regular international Windsor Conferences. Michael Humphreys is known for his pioneering work on the adaptive approach to comfort. He has been Head of Human Factors at the Building Research Establishment, and a Research Professor at Oxford Brookes University. His current interests are the structure and modelling of human adaptive behaviour, the interactions between aspects of the environment, and their expression in standards. Susan Roaf did her PhD on comfort and the windcatchers of Yazd, and after a decade working with Nicol and Humphreys at the Oxford Thermal Comfort Unit she is now Professor of Architectural Engineering at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh. She is a teacher, researcher, designer and author and editor of 13 books including Ecohouse: A Design Guide and Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change. .

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Theory - Building an Adaptive Model 1. Thermal Comfort - Why it is
Important 2. Thermal Comfort: The Underlying Processes 3. Field Studies and
the Adaptive Approach 4. The Heat Balance Approach to Defining Thermal
Comfort 5. Standards, Guidelines and Legislation for the Indoor Environment
6. Low Energy Adaptive Buildings Part 2: Practice - Conducting a Survey in
the Field and Analysing the Results 7. What Sort of Survey? 8. Instruments
and Questionnaires 9. Experimental Method 10. Analysis and Reporting of
Field Study Data