Thermal sensation and comfort in non-uniform thermal environment

We conducted subjective experiments of heating condition using the small room of which temperature of the upper and the lower part and the floor could be controlled separately. The results show: 1) the thermal sensation shifted to the warmer level when the temperatures of both the lower part and the floor were higher than the upper part temperature, and 2) it was modeled by Structural Equation Modeling that the lower body thermal sensation was influenced by the thermal sensations of the upper body and the bottom of the foot, as well as the temperatures of the lower and the floor. © 2019 Architectural Institute of Japan. All rights reserved.