Thermal comfort of urban spaces in hot humid climate
The environmental conditions of urban spaces in relation to comfort have been the prevailing issues in discussion of climate change and urban environment. However, there are very few researches conducted in relation to urban spaces in hot humid tropical climate. This topic has been studied by Noor H...
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| description | The environmental conditions of urban spaces in relation to comfort have been the prevailing issues in discussion of climate change and urban environment. However, there are very few researches conducted in relation to urban spaces in hot humid tropical climate. This topic has been studied by Noor Hanita (2000), where investigations were done to evaluate the micro climate conditions of plaza adjacent to tall buildings (PATB). This paper describes the experiments done at several sites in Kuala Lumpur that presents results in form of modified Predicted Mean Vote (PMVm) developed by the author. The predicted votes are based on Fanger’s PMV index that is correlated to Thermal Sensation Votes (TSV) from outdoor field experiments done at the PATBs in the hot humid climate. The results indicated that the urban spaces or specifically the plaza adjacent to tall buildings are acceptable given proper geometry and orientation considerations. |
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| spelling | iium-291022013-09-26T07:28:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/29102/ Thermal comfort of urban spaces in hot humid climate Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita NA100 Architecture and the state The environmental conditions of urban spaces in relation to comfort have been the prevailing issues in discussion of climate change and urban environment. However, there are very few researches conducted in relation to urban spaces in hot humid tropical climate. This topic has been studied by Noor Hanita (2000), where investigations were done to evaluate the micro climate conditions of plaza adjacent to tall buildings (PATB). This paper describes the experiments done at several sites in Kuala Lumpur that presents results in form of modified Predicted Mean Vote (PMVm) developed by the author. The predicted votes are based on Fanger’s PMV index that is correlated to Thermal Sensation Votes (TSV) from outdoor field experiments done at the PATBs in the hot humid climate. The results indicated that the urban spaces or specifically the plaza adjacent to tall buildings are acceptable given proper geometry and orientation considerations. 2004 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/29102/1/plea2004.pdf Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita (2004) Thermal comfort of urban spaces in hot humid climate. In: Plea2004 - The 21th Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, 19 - 22 September 2004, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | NA100 Architecture and the state Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Thermal comfort of urban spaces in hot humid climate |
| title | Thermal comfort of urban spaces in hot humid climate |
| title_full | Thermal comfort of urban spaces in hot humid climate |
| title_fullStr | Thermal comfort of urban spaces in hot humid climate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thermal comfort of urban spaces in hot humid climate |
| title_short | Thermal comfort of urban spaces in hot humid climate |
| title_sort | thermal comfort of urban spaces in hot humid climate |
| topic | NA100 Architecture and the state |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/29102/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29102/1/plea2004.pdf |