Thermal Factors That Affect Human Comfort

* The individuals physical environment could be their home or a residential setting so we have to ensure they are comfortable in their surroundings, so the temperature, light and seating should be considered. Having the possessions and pictures they like around them and removing any equipment should make them feel more settled

2.3 The main conditions that affect individual comfort within the environment are warmth, lighting, food and cleanliness. With regards to warmth it is important to ask the individual whether they are comfortable especially in the winter months when the thermostat may need to be turned higher up. A change to the blankets on the bed will be necessary according to the seasons and particularly in winter a blanket over them while they are sitting in the chair or a hot water bottle may be required. Lighting is more often than not unchangeable and it is important to ensure that light bulbs work. I do care for a lady who felt that the lighting in her front room was to bright so we brought lamps down from of the spare bedrooms to create a softer feel to the room which she is now pleased with. Food is extremely important in affecting individual comfort as we all need to eat and drink and we also like to have snacks to eat between meals or while watching TV. We can ensure that the fridge is

Evaluation of Warm Bodies “When I saw you I fell in love and you smiled because you knew” –William Shakespeare’s quote agrees to why love is the most ground breaking, mysterious and mischievous thing in the world. Warm Bodies, both written and directed by Jonathan Levine, alludes to William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the characters of R and Julie in their star crossed romance of two opposing sides the living and the not entirely dead. R, a zombie, comes back to life due to a new love in his life that makes him feel alive inside from the first glance while choking down Julie’s dying boyfriend. The fun-loving sci-fi movie shows the world how the mind of a zombie really works.

In order to understand the word ‘thermal’ within a building, then SHGC which is solar heat gain coefficients had to be known to known the property of thermal insulation and conductivity in a whole manner. Solar heat gain coefficient is widely use in the United State in designing building. SHGC may refer to the transmittance of solar energy of windows or even walls, every object can be evaluate by using solar heat gain coefficient method by knowing the properties of each material. If a material have high solar heat gain coefficient, then the material is a good absorbent of solar heat. For material that is black in colour, inevitably it absorb heat faster because of the colour doesn’t reflect the wavelength that comes directly from the source of light. So, low-e components of a building that comes with low solar heat gain coefficient will reflect and keep heat source that came from sun away from the house and that will probably makes a house cooler. Solar heat gain coefficient usually dealt with windows that possess a low-e property. Low-e may regard to the emissivity of one’s material. Nowadays window mostly is transparent, and that makes it vulnerable for sunlight to penetrate easily into a house without any reflection. We have to be notice that if a window is place facing the unsuitable direction such as west or east, it will have an adverse effect towards the thermal comfort of a house especially terraced house in Malaysia that cant undergoes renovation due to the

This same scenario could be applied to the cold months. The temperature in your home will be an almost direct reflection of the temperature outside of your home. So, if it's 35 degrees outside, it could feel like 35 degrees inside.

Physical environment determinants of health include topography, weather, soils, water, climate, housing, transportation. Challenges to these determinants of health include weather related disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes and infectious disease agents that may cause endemics in these areas. In built environment the challenges include exposure to disease causing agents and high risk of injuries as in occupational and residential settings. There is also pollution of air and water that is a threat to health.

To begin my assignment I would need to look at an Old Railway Station and how human comfort is affected within the building. In an old railway station there may already be rooms designed for offices and maybe a large area for retail depending on the size of the building, but when it was built along time ago human comfort may not have been taken into consideration as deeply. In an old building like this there will be small windows which will restrict natural light and also fresh air getting in, also with it being an office and retail accommodation together this means there may be a lot of noise in the offices which could cause a stressful environment to work in. When newly converted the new shop will be open and welcoming for the customers by having bright warm colours to make it feel inviting. It will be designed for a small shop like a coffee shop or small groceries shop. The offices will

CH₂ heating and cooling system is designed to have a temperature of 21-23°C. It works with a combination of ceiling panels and chilled beams which can be found above the windows. These beams create cool air at around 18°C. Heat is absorbed in the concrete ceilings and through the natural ventilation of the building will be removed. As approximately 70% of the ceiling is curved in shape, there is expected to be a 14% decrease in cooling energy usage by the natural ventilation process. Figure 1 show’s how the cooling of the offices is expected to work.

This is a longitudinal study which goal is to determine different ensembles’ effect on the body temperature change. Before taking part in this study, current health condition was assessed by physician and exclusion criteria includes: hypertension, cardiovascular disease, renal pathology, diabetes, muscular or skeletal injuries, previous incidence of heat injury or pregnancy.

USING RELEVANT SKETCHES AND ILLUSTRATIONS, EXPLAIN HOW PEOPLE ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF THE GLOBE USE BUILDING ENVELOPE TO ACHIEVE INTERNAL COMFORT.

I work best at a temperature of 68 degrees with the room filled with a scent of honeysuckle candles from Bed Bath & Beyond.

The concept of using radiant and convection heat for comfort has been around since early man. People chose south facing caves because the sun would warm up the rocks during the day and radiate the heat into the cave at night. The flames from a fire also gave off radiant heat. Technology has developed to control radiant and convection heat. Radiant heating and cooling (RHC) systems utilize the surrounding surfaces as heating and/or cooling sources. Generally, RHC systems are systems that radiant heat transfers cover more than 50% of heat exchange within a specified space. Compared to all-air systems, which depend on convection only, the RHC system provides heating and cooling by the combination of radiation and convection in a building. There are three types of radiant floor heating systems. The first type is a radiant air floor, where the air is the heat-transferring medium. The second type is electric radiant floor. The last type is hydronic radiant floor, which uses hot water.

Heat is a form of energy that is transferred between two substances at different temperatures. The flow of the energy is from the object of higher temperature to the object of lower temperature. The heat is measured in units of energy, usually calories or joules. Temperature on the other hand, is how cold or hot an object is. The temperature is the average kinetic energy per molecule of a substance. This is measured in degrees on the Celsius or Fahrenheit or in Kelvins.

The main objectives of this study is to develop a friendly-user software that is capable of determine and predict correctly the heat loss of a human being working in an outdoor environment. The task was with the use of mathematical model based on the conceptual heat balance equation of the human-environment interaction. For human being to maintain heat balance with desired thermal environment, the internal temperature (core temperature) must be approximately 37oC. Hence, the human body responds dynamically by keeping a constant core temperature in a dynamic environment.

Data is constantly being collected regarding energy consumption at the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), headquarters in Atlanta. This data can be accessed by researchers from around the world, allowing them to monitor the performance of a building’s temperature control systems and extract data for further study.