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Applying Outdoor Environment to Develop Health, Comfort, and Energy Saving in the Office in Hot-Humid Climate
Joint Authors
Chen, Rong
Sung, Wen-Pei
Chang, Hung-Chang
Chi, Yi-Rou
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-11-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
A human life demand set to emerge in the future is the achievement of sustainability by maintaining a comfortable indoor environment without excessive reliance on energy-consuming air conditioners.
The major research processes in this study are: (1) measuring indoor air quality and thermal comfort to evaluate the comfort of an indoor environment; (2) implementing questionnaire survey analysis to explore people’s environmental self-perceptions and conducting a meta-analysis of the measurement results for air quality and physical aspects; and (3) constructing an indoor monitoring and management system.
The experimental and analysis results of this research reveal that most of the office occupants preferred a cooler environment with a lower temperature.
Additionally, because the summers in Taiwan are humid and hot, the occupants of an indoor space tend to feel uncomfortable because of the high humidity and poor indoor air quality.
Therefore, Variable Air Volume (VAV), two air intakes, and exhaust plant are installed to improve indoor environment.
After improvement, a lower temperature (approximately 21.2–23.9°C) indirectly reduces humidity, thereby making the occupants comfortable.
Increasing air velocity to 0.1~0.15 m/s, the carbon dioxide concentrations decrease below the requirement of the WHO.
Ninety-five percent of the workers corresponded to the standard comfort zone after this improvement.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chen, Rong& Sung, Wen-Pei& Chang, Hung-Chang& Chi, Yi-Rou. 2013. Applying Outdoor Environment to Develop Health, Comfort, and Energy Saving in the Office in Hot-Humid Climate. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1012049
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chen, Rong…[et al.]. Applying Outdoor Environment to Develop Health, Comfort, and Energy Saving in the Office in Hot-Humid Climate. The Scientific World Journal No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1012049
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chen, Rong& Sung, Wen-Pei& Chang, Hung-Chang& Chi, Yi-Rou. Applying Outdoor Environment to Develop Health, Comfort, and Energy Saving in the Office in Hot-Humid Climate. The Scientific World Journal. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1012049
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1012049