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Acceptable Temperature Range of Indoor Environment without Air Conditioning and Heating in Hot Summer and Cold Winter Zone


LIU Hong,LI bai-zhan and Ma Xiao-lei

DOI:10.11835/j.issn.1674-4764.2011.04.020

Received January 08, 2011,Revised , Accepted , Available online July 01, 2015

Volume ,2011,Pages 127-133

  • Abstract
In order to establish “Evaluation Standard for indoor thermal environment of civil buildings”,acceptable temperature range of indoor environment without air conditioning and heating in hot summer and cold winter zone is indispensable.A two-year field measurement and questionnaire survey were carried on from 2007 to 2009 in Chongqing,which focused on office buildings and residential buildings.After the analysis of indoor and outdoor environment,occupants evaluation and thermal adaptability,a method to obtain the acceptable temperature range,was proposed.Regressing data by temperature range,and combined with human physiological and psychological experiments,the acceptable temperature range of environment without air conditioning and heating in Chongqing was determined according to outdoor air temperature changes in one year.A Comparation of methods to determine the acceptable temperature range in some international standards was discussed.