This page lists the Proceedings (titles and abstracts) of the 8th Windsor COnference: "Counting the cost of comfort in a changing world" , 10-13 April 2014, in Windsor, UK.
Contains 97 titles and abstracts.
To download the full papers visit the conference website at: http://nceub.org.uk/W2014/webpage/W2014_index.html
Volume content
In the field of building design a rather conservative culture dominates: during the design process, standards are used to achieve physiological comfort.…
Field studies have been carried out in selected Prayer Halls to address the research questions namely the impact of air conditioning on comfort of women…
Building automation systems provide potential to optimise the energy consumption of buildings as well as to detect failures in the operation of buildings.…
Considering school students spend up to one third of their day inside classrooms, it’s surprising how few detailed empirical studies have been conducted…
The objective of this paper is to assess methods of thermal comfort for use in mixed-mode office buildings located in hot-humid summer climate based on air-…
To ascertain comfort levels and effectiveness of available adaptive opportunities for classrooms in the hot-humid regions of India, a thermal comfort field…
This paper presents preliminary data on a series of building comfort experiments conducted in the field. We performed physical in-situ measurements and…
This paper presents the first results of a field study on thermal comfort in school buildings that is been carried out in Chile, with the aim of determining…
In order to research the indoor thermal conditions and residential thermal comfort in low-pressure plateau climate, a field study was conducted from…
This article compares the thermal performance and comfort levels produced by dry and wet roofponds monitored during the summer of 2011 in Las Vegas, NV.…
The present paper aims to explore the current energy performance of the existing housing stock of Greece while also examining the energy performance of…
Climate changes have progressively produced an increase of outdoors temperature resulting in tangible warmer summers even in cold climate regions. An…
The synergistic effects between summertime ventilation behaviour, indoor temperature and air pollutant concentration in relation to energy retrofit and…
This article presents the results of a thermal comfort investigation carried out in a residential gated community located in a hot-humid climate. The…
In order to know the thermal comfort of bedrooms, we have measured the air temperature and relative humidity in the 27 bedrooms of 11 houses. We have also…
In Nordic countries overheating and cooling systems have not been the issue in apartment buildings. Historically and even in the beginning of 2000 there…
This study was undertaken to investigate comfort temperatures and adaptive model in Japanese homes. We measured temperatures in the living rooms and…