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Room temperature and indoor air quality have a strong impact on the overall satisfaction with the thermal environment. Responses to our thermal indoor environment have a considerable effect on health, comfort, and performance. Formal methods have been developed to design the interior environment. Thermal comfort takes both global and local parameters as well as static and dynamic aspects into consideration.
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Kalz, D.E., Pfafferott, J. (2014). Thermal Indoor Environment. In: Thermal Comfort and Energy-Efficient Cooling of Nonresidential Buildings. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04582-5_2
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