Adaptive outdoor comfort model calibrations for a semitropical region

Adaptive outdoor comfort model calibrations for a semitropical region

Thitisawat, M.
Polakit, K.
Caldieron, J.M.
Mangone, G.

Architecture

Building Technology

2011-07-13

This paper is a part of a research project funded by Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) and Florida Atlantic University (FAU). The project focuses on finding a way to assess outdoor comfort and developing design criteria for a semitropical region of South Florida. A series of surveys has been conducted in the summer and fall seasons to obtain participants’ sensation votes corresponding to recorded climatic parameters. More data need to be gathered for the calibration and validation. This paper attempts to evaluate different models using the survey data, and identify strong candidates for further study. The models are all based on Predicted Mean Vote (PMV), an index traditionally used to assess indoor comfort. Results from the PMV equation exhibits a promising trend, but needed some adjustments. Calibration alone cannot improve its prediction. After some computational experiments with different adjustment strategies, five model candidates exhibit high rates of agreement with Actual Sensation Votes (ASV). Adaptive and separated calibration approaches applied to the PMV compensate participants’ adaptation to the outdoor condition. They improve the PMV’s prediction considerably.

outdoor comfort
PMV
model calibration
semitropical region
adaptation

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Presses Universitaires de Louvain

978-2-87463-276-1

Architecture & Sustainable Development : PLEA 2011, Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 13-15 July, 2011

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(c) 2011 Thitisawat, M.
Polakit, K.
Caldieron, J.M.
Mangone, G.