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Title: Parameters of human discomfort in warm environments

Abstract

The relationship between thermoregulatory responses during exposure to warm and hot environments and the associated subjective perceptions, e.g., comfort, thermal sensation, etc., have been studied by numerous investigators over a considerable span of time, i.e., roughly 50 years. Skin temperature, mean body temperature, sweating, and percent of skin wettedness have been shown to have a role in comfort, thermal sensation, and perception of skin moisture. This paper reviews studies concerned with the physical and physiological parameters relative to these subjective responses and their level of magnitude, with primary emphasis on warm discomfort and skin moisture. The review indicates that, while utilizing different methodologies for quantification of skin moisture under a wide range of ambient conditions and experimental protocols, the relationship between skin wettedness and discomfort or unpleasantness is consistent and experimentally supported.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
John B. Pierce Foundation Lab., New Haven, CT
OSTI Identifier:
6457890
Report Number(s):
CONF-8606125-
Journal ID: CODEN: ASHTA
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
ASHRAE Trans.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 92:2B; Conference: ASHRAE annual meeting, Portland, OR, USA, 22 Jun 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT; HUMAN POPULATIONS; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; THERMOREGULATION; SPACE HVAC SYSTEMS; HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING; BODY TEMPERATURE; OCCUPANTS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SWEAT; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WASTES; BODY FLUIDS; CONTROL; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING; MATERIALS; POPULATIONS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WASTES; 320106* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Building Equipment- (1987-); 560200 - Thermal Effects

Citation Formats

Berglund, L G, and Cunningham, D J. Parameters of human discomfort in warm environments. United States: N. p., 1986. Web.
Berglund, L G, & Cunningham, D J. Parameters of human discomfort in warm environments. United States.
Berglund, L G, and Cunningham, D J. 1986. "Parameters of human discomfort in warm environments". United States.
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title = {Parameters of human discomfort in warm environments},
author = {Berglund, L G and Cunningham, D J},
abstractNote = {The relationship between thermoregulatory responses during exposure to warm and hot environments and the associated subjective perceptions, e.g., comfort, thermal sensation, etc., have been studied by numerous investigators over a considerable span of time, i.e., roughly 50 years. Skin temperature, mean body temperature, sweating, and percent of skin wettedness have been shown to have a role in comfort, thermal sensation, and perception of skin moisture. This paper reviews studies concerned with the physical and physiological parameters relative to these subjective responses and their level of magnitude, with primary emphasis on warm discomfort and skin moisture. The review indicates that, while utilizing different methodologies for quantification of skin moisture under a wide range of ambient conditions and experimental protocols, the relationship between skin wettedness and discomfort or unpleasantness is consistent and experimentally supported.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6457890}, journal = {ASHRAE Trans.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 92:2B,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986}
}

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