Field Study Of Thermal Comfort And Adaptation Of Hostel Occupants

This book provides the reader with a fundamental understanding of seasonal thermal comfort and adaptation in hostel buildings. The prime objective of the hostel building is to provide an adequate thermal environment to the occupants for their good health and learning performance. Hostel buildings are different from other type of buildings because hostel buildings are used for lodging as well as study purpose. This book is based on the field study that evaluates the existing thermal environment conditions of occupants in multi-story hostel buildings. The questionnaire-based study is being carried out following the principle of adaptive thermal comfort to collect the data of the thermal environment in the hostels. Statistical analysis of the collected data was carried to analyze the overall acceptability of occupants about existing thermal environment conditions during monsoon season, autumn season and winter season.