Typical Dressing Behavior and Subjective Temperature in Beijing-Tianjin Summer Air-conditioning Office Building. (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Sha; Qian, Xiaoming; Yang, Ruiliang; Chen, Yu; Yang, Jiaqi
• Is Part Of: Procedia engineering. Volume 121(2015)
• Page Start: 1721
• Page End: 1725
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: Typical dressing behavior -- clothing insulation -- moisture vapour resistance -- thermal comfort -- subjective temperature; Engineering -- Congresses; Engineering -- Periodicals; Engineering; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 620.005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.09.141
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-7058

Abstract

Abstract: By using field questionnaire and sweating manikin in laboratory, this research finds that in Beijing-Tianjin office building, summer air-conditioning typical clothing is short sleeves and long pants, the major material of the fabric is pure cotton. The average clothing insulation is 0.37 clo, The average moisture vapour resistance is 18.09 m2 Pa/W. Compared with thermal resistance of standard clothing as set by national comfort standard, typical clothing thermal resistance is 0.13 clo lower, and corresponding subjective temperature is 0.81 °C higher. So, indoor air-conditioning design temperature can be made a little bit higher than current recommended value. Subjective temperature formula in such area is amended and used for reference for office building energy conservation design and operation.