While rapid urbanization promotes social and economic development, it exacerbates human outdoor thermal comfort, which increases the risks to health. This paper uses four comfort indices multiple satellite observations explore effect on summer heat stress in Guangdong from 1979–2018, a coastal province of China. Two types index are used here, namely direct (Heat Index, HI; Temperature–Humidity ...

In the coming decades, global warming and increase in temperature, in different regions of the world, may change indoor and outdoor thermal comfort conditions and human health. The aim of this research was to study the effects of global warming on thermal comfort conditions in indoor ambiences in Iran. To study the increase in temperature, model for assessment of greenhouse-gas induced climate ...

This study aims to improve the prediction accuracy of the rational standard thermal comfort model, known as the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) model, by (1) calibrating one of its input variables "metabolic rate," and (2) extending it by explicitly incorporating the variable running mean outdoor temperature (RMOT) that relates to adaptive thermal comfort. The analysis was performed with survey data ...

The Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI assesses the interaction of ambient temperature, wind, humidity and radiant fluxes on human physiology in outdoor environments on an equivalent temperature scale. It is based on the UTCI-Fiala model of human thermoregulation and thus also allows for thermal comfort prediction. Comparing UTCI predictions to thermal sensation votes recorded on the 7-unit A...

Efficient management of irrigation water is fundamental in agriculture to reduce the environmental impacts and to increase the sustainability of crop production. The availability of adequate tools and methodologies to easily identify the crop water status in operating conditions is therefore crucial. This work aimed to assess the reliability of indices derived from imaging techniques—thermal in...

This study assessed the performance of the COMFA outdoor thermal comfort model on subjects performing moderate to vigorous physical activity. Field tests were conducted on 27 subjects performing 30 min of steady-state activity (walking, running, and cycling) in an outdoor environment. The predicted COMFA budgets were compared to the actual thermal sensation (ATS) votes provided by participants ...

Ongoing climate crisis increase people's outdoor thermal stress, discouraging outside activities and intensifying indoor consumptions. Amelioration of urban microclimates is necessary to safeguard citizens from strokes without energy-intensive strategies, ensuring future cities’ sustainable development. More than 200 calculation methods can be adopted with the purpose design thermally comfortab...

The assessment of outdoor comfort can provide valuable insights into the quality urban public spaces. Rational indices based on heat-balance model have been extensively used for assessing thermal in various environments a long time. However, growing body literature is arguing theoretical limitations rational indices, including lack contextual considerations and non-consideration active role hum...