@article{ref1,
title="Field study of pedestrians' comfort temperatures under outdoor and semi-outdoor conditions in Malaysian university campuses",
journal="International journal of biometeorology",
year="2021",
author="Razak, Azli Abd and Zaki, Sheikh Ahmad and Othman, Nurnida Elmira and Ahmad, Nurul Huda and Rijal, Hom Bahadur",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Difficulties in controlling the effects of outdoor thermal environment on the human body are attracting considerable research attention. This study investigated the  outdoor thermal comfort of urban pedestrians by assessing their perceptions of the  tropical, micrometeorological, and physical conditions via a questionnaire survey. Evaluation of the outdoor thermal comfort involved pedestrians performing various  physical activities (sitting, walking, and standing) in outdoor and semi-outdoor  spaces where the data collection of air temperature, globe temperature, relative  humidity, wind speed, solar radiation, metabolic activity, and clothing insulation  data was done simultaneously. A total of 1011 participants were interviewed, and the  micrometeorological data were recorded under outdoor and semi-outdoor conditions at  two Malaysian university campuses. The neutral temperatures obtained which were  28.1 °C and 30.8 °C were within the biothermal acceptable ranges of 24-34 °C and  26-33 °C of the PET thermal sensation ranges for the outdoor and semi-outdoor  conditions, respectively. Additionally, the participants' thermal sensation and  preference votes were highly correlated with the PET and strongly related to air and  mean radiant temperatures. The findings demonstrated the influence of individuals'  thermal adaptation on the outdoor thermal comfort levels. This knowledge could be  useful in the planning and designing of outdoor environments in hot and humid  regions to create better thermal environments.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-7128",
doi="10.1007/s00484-020-02035-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-02035-3"
}