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“(ere Neer FAcr—+)”THERMAL COMFORT
THERMAL COMFORT REPERS TO A STATE OF MINY WHERE INVIVIPUALS ARE 5A-
TNOPiEP WITH THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT THEY AKE IN. IT ISVEPINEV A? A RANGE
OP CLIMATIC CONPTIONS THAT 70 NOT CAUSE THERMAL VISCOMPORT. FACTORS SUCH AS
BOVY TEMPERATURE, SKIN MOISTURE, AN TEMPERATURE REGULATION EPTORTS
INFLUENCE THERMAL COMFORT. COMBINATIONS OF AIK TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE
HUMIVTTY, AIK MOTION, AN/MEAN KAPIANT TEMPERATURE PETERMINE THE
COMPORT ZONE, WHILE FACTORS LIKE CULTURE, HEALTH, CLOTHING,ANI? PHYSICAL.
ACTIVITY APFECT INDIVIVUAL COMFORT PREFERENCES FROVIFING CONTROLS ANT
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ALLOWS OCCUPANTS TO CREATE THEIR TRATEREY THER ~
MAL CONPITIONS. THE VIMOMFORT ZONE VARIES ACEOSS VITFCRENT CUMATES,
MAKING THE COMTORTZONE THE VEAREV COOL TOK GULPINGTHEEMAL (ESIGN TUE
TO TS Hit LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCE AMONG FEOFLE:
THE AMOUNT OF HEAT QUE BOVY PROTUCET 6 INFLUENCEP BY THE EXTERNAL TEM®
EZATURE ANPOUR LEVEL OF ACTIVITY AS STATEVIN THE BOOK OF LECHNEK (2014),
ACTIVE PEOPLE GENERATE APPROXIMATELY EIGHTTIMES MORE EAT THAN SOME -
ONE WHO IS ZECLINING. IN ORVER TO MAINTAIN EQUILIBRIUM , OUF BOY MUSTLOE
HEAT ATTHE SAME KATE (TIS TROVUCEY. THIS COMTELS THE USE OF APVTIONAL ME-
ASURES TO TROVIVE BAKKICES AGAINST HEAT LOss
IN THE FAST, SOLUTIONS SUCH AG CANOPY BEV ANY PNEUMATIC STRUCTURES WERE
THOUGHT OF TO ENHANCE COMFORT. OVERTIME, CLOTHING ANP BULPINGS WERE VE -
VELOPED TO CEDATE A MORE MOPETATE ENVIKONMENT THAT ALLOWS SKIN/ SU~-
PFICIENTSKIN EXPOQURE WHILE STILL PEOVIVING COMTORT.
4 ENVIRONMENTAL CONPITIONS
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THAN JUST HEAT TISSIPATION MECHANISMS. IT
ALGO INVOLVES POUF ENVIRONMENTAL CON-
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