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Adaptive versus Heat Balance Comfort Models

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eement that the main external physical parameters which determine thermal comfort are air temperature, ra... mfort: The first are the **heat balance models**, which basically assume that thermal comfort is achieved... y resulted in the international standard ISO 7730 which allows for the calculation of the predicted mean ... es, mostly in air-conditioned office buildings in which the predicted comfort temperatures have actually

Local thermal comfort

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(regardless of the external building component to which it is applied) the heat flow from the inside to t... : * Air speeds in the room (apart from leaks – which do not occur in the airtight Passive House anyway) are due to uplift at surfaces which have differing temperatures. Because of the small... paned low-e glazing (in a\\ newly fitted window), which has higher\\ surface temperatures (16 °C on avera

Thermal comfort parameters

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termining factors for the thermal surroundings**, which are as follows: * air temperature * the... * By improving thermal insulation (regardless of which external building building component, e.g. wall,