Intro
Preface
Contents
About the Editors
Thermal Comfort
1 Definition of Thermal Comfort and Influential Factors
2 Human Thermoregulation and Thermal Comfort
2.1 Key Concepts of Thermoregulation
2.2 Human Thermoregulation Process
2.3 Active and Passive Systems of Heat Transfer
2.4 Human Thermoregulation Model
3 Thermal Comfort Evaluation of Built Environments
3.1 Sensation Indices
3.2 Temperature Indices
4 Fanger's Thermal Comfort Equation
4.1 Mechanism Behind Fanger's Thermal Comfort
4.2 PMV Index (the Predicted Mean Vote)

4.3 The Predicted Percentage of Dissatisfied (PPD)
5 Thermal Comfort Standards
5.1 ISO 7730
5.2 ASHRAE 55
5.3 European Standard EN15251
6 Concluding Remarks
References
Adaptive Thermal Comfort
1 Adaptation and Thermal Comfort
2 Behavioral, Psychological, and Physiological Adaptation Layers
2.1 Behavioral Adjustment
2.2 Psychological Adaptation
2.3 Physiological Acclimation/Regulation
3 Adaptive Comfort Models and Regulatory Documents
3.1 Adaptive Comfort Models
3.2 Regulatory Documents
4 Feature Trends
4.1 High-Quality Data Collection

4.2 Adaptive Comfort with More Intelligent Data Mining Methods
4.3 More Applications
References
Thermal Comfort in Sleeping Environments
1 Introduction
2 Sleep Quality and Thermal Comfort
2.1 Sleep Evaluation Methods
2.2 Sleep and Thermal Environment
2.3 Research Status of Thermal Comfort and Sleep Quality
3 Body Cooling to Improve Sleep Quality in Hot Environments
4 Body Warming to Improve Sleep Quality in Cool/Cold Environments
5 Future Trends and Perspective
5.1 Body Cooling
5.2 Body Warming
6 Conclusions
References
Human Thermal Comfort Modeling

1 Background
2 A Human Thermoregulation Model
2.1 Body Construction
2.2 Heat Transfer
2.3 Error Signal
2.4 Heat Production
2.5 Blood Flow and Sweating
3 Thermal Comfort Modeling for Accessing Non-uniform and Transient Thermal Environments
3.1 Advanced Berkeley Comfort Model (ABC Model)
3.2 de Dear's Thermoreceptor Model for Assessing Thermal Sensation in Transient Environments
3.3 Takada's Model for Assessing Thermal Sensation in Transient Environments
4 Alliesthesia
4.1 Definition of Alliesthesia
4.2 Thermal Alliesthesia

4.3 Application of Thermal Alliesthesia in PCS
References
Indoor Thermal Comfort Assessment Using Human Trials
1 Introduction
2 Experimental Design
3 Selection of Participants
3.1 Determine the Number of Participants
3.2 Anthropometric Characteristics of Participants (Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria)
3.3 Selection of Male and Female Participants
4 Experimental Standardisation
4.1 Randomisation and Counter Balancing
4.2 Diurnal Rhythm
4.3 Menstrual Phase Standardisation
4.4 Seasonal Variation
4.5 Climatic Acclimation/Acclimatisation