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The Dynamics and Mechanism of Human Thermal Adaptation in Building Environment

A Glimpse to Adaptive Thermal Comfort in Buildings

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Authors:
  1. Maohui Luo

    1. Tongji University, Shanghai, China

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  • Nominated by the Tsinghua University as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis
  • Discusses the dynamics of building occupants’ thermal comfort expectation
  • Reveals human thermal adaptation, including from behavioral adjustment, physiological acclimatization and psychological adaptation
  • Introduces a newly developed adaptive heat balance model for future building thermal environment evaluation

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Maohui Luo
    Pages 1-30

  3. Indoor Climate Experience and Thermal Comfort Expectation in Buildings

    • Maohui Luo
    Pages 31-57

  4. The Timescale of Thermal Comfort Adaptation in Heated and Unheated Buildings

    • Maohui Luo
    Pages 59-80

  5. Indoor Climate and Physiological Acclimation

    • Maohui Luo
    Pages 81-110

  6. Personal Control and Its Phycological Effects on Thermal Adaptation

    • Maohui Luo
    Pages 111-130

  7. Adaptive Heating Balance Comfort Model

    • Maohui Luo
    Pages 131-144

  8. Summary

    • Maohui Luo
    Pages 145-147

  9. Correction to: Adaptive Heating Balance Comfort Model

    • Maohui Luo
    Pages C1-C1

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 149-160
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About this book

This book focuses on human adaptive thermal comfort in the building environment and the balance between reducing building air conditioning energy and improving occupants’ thermal comfort. It examines the mechanism of human thermal adaptation using a newly developed adaptive heat balance model, and presents pioneering findings based on an on online survey, real building investigation, climate chamber experiments, and theoretical models. The book investigates three critical issues related to human thermal adaptation: (i) the dynamics of human thermal adaptation in the building environment; (ii) the basic rules and effects of human physiological acclimatization and psychological adaptation; and (iii) a new, adaptive, heat balance model describing behavioral adjustment, physiological acclimatization, psychological adaptation, and physical improvement effects. Providing the basis for establishing a more reasonable adaptive thermal comfort model, the book is a valuable reference resource foranyone interested in future building thermal environment evaluation criteria.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Tongji University, Shanghai, China

    Maohui Luo

About the author

Dr. Maohui Luo is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Built Environment (CBE) at UC Berkeley. His research interests cover the topics of adaptive thermal comfort, personal comfort devices, and indoor air movement, with the goal of creating sustainable, comfort and healthy buildings efficiently. His Ph.D. research at Tsinghua University focuses on human thermal adaptation in buildings, which received the honor of “Excellent Ph.D. Thesis” in 2017 from Tsinghua University. 

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