Indoor thermal comfort conditions in summer under subtropical climate conditions

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to shade light in the field of buildings thermal comfort under subtropical environmental conditions. For this purpose, a survey and a measurement campaign of the thermal comfort conditions in 30 dwellings in Larnaca, Cyprus, was conducted. The results showed that 75% of the tenants fall within the warm and the hot thermal sensation category, whereas most of the respondents considered the thermal conditions in the investigated dwellings as neutral or close to neutral. Based on the information gathered in the field survey, interesting conclusions were drawn concerning the actual prevailing indoor conditions, but also the clothing habits of the people interviewed.

Keywords

• thermal comfort
• fanger model
• subtropical climate conditions
• predicted mean value (pmv)
• predicted percentage dissatisfied (ppd)
• clothing factor