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Understanding Bioclimatic Comfort Factors

Chapter 2 discusses bioclimatic comfort, focusing on thermal balance and the factors influencing comfort levels in indoor environments. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining a heat balance for both heating and cooling to achieve thermal comfort, which is a subjective experience. The chapter also outlines the comfort zone and the impact of humidity and air movement on comfort levels.

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Understanding Bioclimatic Comfort Factors

Chapter 2 discusses bioclimatic comfort, focusing on thermal balance and the factors influencing comfort levels in indoor environments. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining a heat balance for both heating and cooling to achieve thermal comfort, which is a subjective experience. The chapter also outlines the comfort zone and the impact of humidity and air movement on comfort levels.

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Chapter 2: Bioclimatic Comfort

Thermal balance and comfort


Factors of comfort
Comfort zone
Assignment 2: Comfort Zone
Thermal Balance and Comfort
Cold weather Warm weather
• Comfortable indoor temperature • When cooling is required , heat
must be high should be removed from the
• It should provide heat to the space at the same rate that it is
space at the same rate as the gaining heat
space is loosing heat.

Therefore …
• there must be heat balance between heat-in and heat-out when heating and the
reverse when cooling.
• comfortable inside conditions can only be maintained if this heat balance can be
controlled or maintained
• thermal balance is a precondition of thermal comfort
•Comfort is the condition of mind that expresses satisfaction with the thermal
environment , it requires subjective evaluation.
Factors of Comfort

Subjective reactions to RH 30% to 65% medium humidity does


air movement: not have an effect
< 0.1m/s stuffy High humidity – restrict evaporation
to 0.2 unnoticed from skin and respiration
to 0.5 pleasant Very low humidity – dries mouth and
to 1 awareness throat and skin
to 1.5 draughty
to1.5 annoying
2 acceptable in
overheated conditions
Comfort Zone
Source: Architectural Science III by Netsanet Sorri
Source: Architectural Science III by Netsanet Sorri
Location: Mekelle
DBT minima – 50˚F
RH – 44%

Corrective measure:
Add 275 BTU/hour
radiation

How?

Source: Architectural Science III by Netsanet Sorri

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