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dc.contributor.authorCheng, Bin
dc.contributor.authorFu, Yangliu
dc.contributor.authorKhoshbakht, Maryam
dc.contributor.authorDuan, Libin
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Jian
dc.contributor.authorRashidian, Sara
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-05T12:32:49Z
dc.date.available2019-07-05T12:32:49Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn2075-5309
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/buildings8040049
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/379903
dc.description.abstractThis paper focuses on thermal environmental conditions in the stone dwellings of a Tibetan village in Danba County, Sichuan, China, in winter. During the study, field measurements and subjective survey studies were collected, simultaneously, to provide a comprehensive understanding of the thermal comfort conditions that were experienced by residents in cold rural areas of Sichuan. Subjective surveys involved questions about thermal comfort perceptions and acceptability in cold conditions. The status of thermal comfort and characteristics of indoor environmental qualities were investigated in the study. The majority of survey participants (47% and 74%) voted as “slightly cool” for temperature, and “slightly dry” for humidity in the studied typical winter days, respectively. The available adaptive opportunities for the residents were investigated through the survey studies. Adjusting clothing, drinking hot beverages, blocking air infiltration through windows, and changing activities were the most common adaptive measures. An adaptive coefficient ( λ ) was determined based on adaptive predicted mean votes (aPMV) models using least square methods to assess the different adaptation measures in the region. Findings of this study provided a valuable reference for thermal comfort adaptations in cold climates, where limited adaptive opportunities were available due to the low standard of living.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland
dc.relation.ispartofchapter49
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto17
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBuildings
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.subject.fieldofresearchArchitecture
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBuilding
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBuilding not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDesign
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3301
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3302
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode330299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3303
dc.titleCharacteristics of Thermal Comfort Conditions in Cold Rural Areas of China: A Case study of Stone Dwellings in a Tibetan Village
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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gro.rights.copyright© 2018 by the Authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
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gro.griffith.authorKhoshbakht Iradmoosa, Maryam
gro.griffith.authorZhang, Jian
gro.griffith.authorRashidian, Sara


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