Air temperature has been the most commonly used exposure metric in assessing relationships between thermal stress and mortality. Lack of high-quality meteorological station data necessary to adequately characterize environment one main limitations for use more complex indices. Global climate reanalyses may provide an ideal platform overcome this limitation define heat cold conditions anywhere w...

Abstract The aim of the article was to present influence external environment on people working scaffolding. For this purpose, heat load a man determined using universal thermal climate index. research carried out 40 facade scaffolds located in four voivodeships Poland: Lower Silesia, Lublin, Lodzkie, and Masovian. conducted analysis showed that employees may experience strong or very stress, a...

This study investigates the differences in outdoor thermal comfort different spatial types over long-term observations during transition season a cold region. Using Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) as an evaluation index, subjective questionnaires and field surveys were conducted on three typical environments (sunlight, tree shade building shade) Dalian (Northeast China). The results demo...

Buildings’ outdoor thermal comfort influences environment quality and human behavior in urban neighborhoods. The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) has been broadly applied to the study of buildings’ areas. However, complex environmental conditions climate-sensitive areas can make UTCI assessment complicated ineffective. This paper introduces digital techniques into analysis for improvement...

Hot-humid areas have long, hot summers and poor outdoor thermal comfort (OTC). The urban heat island (UHI) effect exacerbates the deterioration of OTC in hot-humid areas, seriously affecting safety children’s activities. In this study, 60 scenes were simulated using ENVI-met based on different leaf area index (LAI) planting arrangements to explore how tree LAI affect small-scale environment dur...

The study objective was to characterise human-biometeorological conditions in the summer season period 1966–2019 Poland, with particular consideration of June 2019. conducted based on data from Institute Meteorology and Water Management—National Research (IMGW–PIB) for years 1966–2019. provided basis calculation Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). revealed high spatial variability strenuous...