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Thermal comfort: research and practice

Joost van Hoof (Lid Lectoraat); Mitja Mazej; Jan Hensen

Thermal comfort -the state of mind, which expresses satisfaction with the thermal environment- is an important aspect of the building design process as modern man spends most of the day indoors. This paper reviews the developments in indoor thermal comfort research and practice since the second half …

2010GezondheidArtikel

Healthy environments from a broad perspective

Mariëlle Aarts; B. Blocken; G. Boxem; D. Costola; J. Diepens; P. Gousseau; Jan Hensen; Joost van Hoof (Docent); T. van Hooff; C. Hopfe; Marcel Loomans; M. Melhado; M. Mirsadeghi; Paul Rutten; H. Schellen; Lisje Schellen; J. van Schijndel; Christian Struck; M. Trcka; Rona Vreenegoor; M. de Wit; W. Zeiler; W. Zoon

The design and realization of a healthy indoor environment is a challenge that is investigated from different perspectives at the unit Building Physics and Systems (BPS; Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning) of Eindhoven University of Technology. Performance requirements (for instance, with …

2009Bouw & LogistiekConferentiebijdrage

The historical turf farms of Iceland: architecture, building technology and the indoor environment

Ir. Joost van Hoof (Lid Lectoraat); F. van Dijken

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2008AlgemeenArtikel

Forty years of Fanger's model of thermal comfort: comfort for all?

Ir. Joost van Hoof (Lid Lectoraat)

The predicted mean vote (PMV) model of thermal comfort, created by Fanger in the late 1960s, is used worldwide to assess thermal comfort. Fanger based his model on college-aged students for use in invariant environmental conditions in air-conditioned buildings in moderate thermal climate zones. Environmental …

2008AlgemeenArtikel