B091 Classroom thermal comfort

Thermal comfort assessment in the university classroom in hot and humid climate

Brief:

Thermal comfort in university classrooms is affected by the amount of students in the room, which influences study efficiency. In hot and humid climates, most classrooms consume large amounts of energy due to air-conditioning to provide a nice thermal environment resulting in high quality teaching. This study focuses on comfort temperature assessments in classrooms through natural ventilation in spring and air-condition cooling in summer.

舒適溫度環境可以增進學生的學習與舒適。熱濕氣候區的大學校園教室常大量使用空調來避免外界氣候影響，以維持教學品質，但卻造成能源的大量消耗。為此，本研究利用春天的自然通風與夏天的空調冷房來探討室內熱舒適溫度，提出適合的空調調控溫度。

Further information:

Lee MC, Wong LT, Mui KW, Wang FJ, 2010. Thermal comfort assessment in the university classroom in hot and humid climate, 2010 Conference on Indoor Environment and Health, 20-21 August, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Volume 2, 59-60.