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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
REMOTE EVALUATION OF THERMAL COMFORT CONDITIONS IN ACADEMIC LABORATORIES
Submission Author:
Mayara Roberta Meger Mudrek , PR
Co-Authors:
Rafael Gustavo Bartz, Roberto Zanetti Freire, Mayara Roberta Meger Mudrek
Presenter: Mayara Roberta Meger Mudrek
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-2589
Abstract
Most of existing buildings in Brazil did not take into account thermal comfort during the design stage. As people are spending more time in the indoor environment, this reality has been changing, and a special attention to both thermal comfort and energy efficiency are becoming challenges for building engineering. According to the Brazilian building and energy certification program, eight bioclimatic zones can be defined in the country, attesting that distinct design strategies should be considered in different regions in order to reach both thermal comfort and energy efficiency standards. This work presents an equipment capable to measure thermal comfort sensation. The apparatus has the characteristic of remote monitoring thermal comfort. In order to test the ComfortMeter, a case study in an academic laboratory was performed, in which the climatic factors were measured and associated with variables of each individual, professor and students, in order to calculate both Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) comfort index and the Percentage of People Unsatisfied (PPD). Results revealed thermal discomfort on hot days, showing that special attention to the indoor climatic conditions should be performed in order to do not affect students learning process. The usability aspects of the equipment was also reported in this work.
Keywords
remote evaluation, thermal comfort, building environment, PMV
