Assessment of man's thermal comfort in practice

Fanger, P. O. (1973).British Journal of Industrial Medicine,30, 313-324. Assessment of man9s thermal comfort in practice. A review is given of existing knowledge regarding the conditions for thermal comfort. Both physiological and environmental comfort conditions are discussed. Comfort criteria are shown diagrammatically, and their application is illustrated by numerous practical examples. Furthermore, the effect on the comfort conditions of age, adaptation, sex, seasonal and circadian rhythm, and unilateral heating or cooling of the body is discussed. The term `climate monotony9 is considered. A method is recommended for the evaluation of the quality of thermal environments in practice.