Medicine
8 years ago

Floor heating beats air conditioning for ultimate whole-body comfort sensation!

Thermal comfort prediction under non-uniform heating conditions with physiological responses comfort model
Mengyin Wan, Hideaki Nagano, Shinsuke Kato, Ryozo Ooka, Tomonori Sakoi, Shengwei Zhu, Toshiaki Omori, Akiko Okada

Paper Summary

The study aimed to predict how comfortable people feel in different heating conditions by simulating how their bodies respond to the environment. By comparing floor heating and air conditioning, researchers found that floor heating makes the body temperature more even, leading to higher overall comfort levels.

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