Thermal Comfort & Metabolic Rate
Subject
Climatology
,Academic Year
2'nd Year
,Complexity Level
Beginner
,Content tags
Architectural Design
,Space Cooling
,Thermal comfort
,Activity Type
Demonstration
,Activity duration
< 30 mins
,Objective
To demonstrate that thermal comfort depends on the metabolic rate of a person.
Outcome
Students will realize that thermal comfort is not a static, defined entity, but a variable, subjective experience.
Requirements
None
Prerequisites
A conceptual knowledge of thermal comfort.
Procedure
Step 1: Students write down the response to the following question: “On a scale of 1-10 (1 being highly uncomfortable and 10 being highly comfortable) how comfortable do you feel?”
Step 2: Students stand up at their places and do jumping jacks for one minute.
Step 3: After doing the physical activity, they write down the response to the same question.
Step 4: Compare these values and see who has given a higher score in the first instance.
Step 5: Reflect on the role of metabolic rate of the body in determining thermal comfort conditions.
Table
| On a scale of 1-10 (1 being highly uncomfortable and 10 being highly comfortable) how comfortable do you feel?: Before doing jumping jacks | On a scale of 1-10 (1 being highly uncomfortable and 10 being highly comfortable) how comfortable do you feel?: After doing jumping jacks |
References
Fairconditioning’s thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality presentation