{"id":2521,"date":"2023-06-28T13:39:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T13:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=2521"},"modified":"2023-06-28T13:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T13:39:27","slug":"thermal-comfort-zone-representation","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/activity\/thermal-comfort-zone-representation\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermal Comfort Zone Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Objective<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>To come up with a range of thermal comfort conditions for your city and identify with one\u2019s own thermal comfort range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outcome<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will understand that thermal comfort is not a fixed entity. It\u2019s range can be varied by enabling thoughtful cooling techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Printouts of city specific psychrometric charts for all the students. To be downloaded from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairconditioning.org\/resources\/#149-other-resources-1476600454\">http:\/\/www.fairconditioning.org\/resources\/#149-other-resources-1476600454<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>A conceptual knowledge of thermal comfort &amp; psychrometry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An understanding of psychrometric chart.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Procedure<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Step 1: <\/em><\/strong>Take printouts of psychrometric charts of your city for all students and let each carry one chart with yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Step 2:<\/em><\/strong> Plot different conditions and temperature on the chart, by changing their locations. Each student should carry out this activity or ideally few to demonstrate the difference of thermal comfort experiences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conduct the observations in different points such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Under the sun, peak time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peak summer time under the tree<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under a semi-covered structure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beachside, if there is around<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the road, around highly built environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the park, around few trees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a courtyard inside a building<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inside the room with decent ventilation, poor ventilation and no ventilation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And such different locations and observe two following things:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>How do you feel in this location, rate in the level of comfort, On a scale of 1-10 (1 being highly uncomfortable and 10 being highly comfortable)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plot both Dry Bulb Temperature and Relative Humidity on the psychrometry chart.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Step 3:<\/em><\/strong> Identify your own comfortable zone and uncomfortable zone by joining the dots on the psychrometric chart. For eg. If your comfort zone is near to the scientific standards i.e. 98.6\u00b0F (37\u00b0C), students will be able to experientially identify with that temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Step 4: <\/em><\/strong>Share the findings and zones with others, see if there is diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Step 5: <\/em><\/strong>Compare the comfort zone with the weather data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Step 6:<\/em><\/strong> Reflect on following points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>What makes the Thermal comfort dynamic and non-static? How much difference is it for different people in the same city, zone?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are our buildings designed according to any thermal comfort range or standards? What are those and how appropriate are those?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Image<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"855\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/fairconditioning.org\/fc-activity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Thermal-Comfort-Zone-Representation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2523\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">                                           Thermal Comfort Zone for Chennai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairconditioning.org\/resources\/#126-module-ppts-1478947081\">Fairconditioning\u2019s thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality presentation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Objective To come up with a range of thermal comfort conditions for your city and identify with one\u2019s own thermal comfort range. Outcome Students will understand that thermal comfort is not a fixed entity. It\u2019s range can be varied by enabling thoughtful cooling techniques. Requirements Printouts of city specific psychrometric charts for all the students. 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