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    Assessment of Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Hot Arid Zone

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    Author
    Mohamed, Mady cc
    Shawesh, Rawan
    Subject
    Outdoor thermal comfort (OTC)
    Hot arid climate
    Outdoor spaces
    Comfort indices
    Mean radiant temperature (MRT)
    Date
    2021
    
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    The globe witnessed a rapid development of the concepts of sustainability, smart architecture, and intelligent buildings during recent decades. The Healthy environment, particularly thermal comfort, is an essential concern for planners, urbanists, and architects to produce a healthy and thermally comfortable environment. A better understanding of the parameters that affect the Outdoor Thermal Comfort (OTC) will enable urbanists and environmentalists to control the microclimate and to enhance environmental performance. Several parameters affect the thermal comfort of human- being such as air temperature, mean radiant temperature (MRT), air velocity, humidity, metabolic rate, and clothing insulation. Assessing the MRT is considered the most challenging parameter in outdoor spaces. Recent research recognized several approaches to determine the OTC in different climatic zones. The influence of different climates and user groups has significantly altered the range of responses for thermal comfort. This paper focuses on reviewing the current state of knowledge on how to assess the OTC and the MRT in the hot arid climate. Results confirmed the integration of the appropriate OTC index with other design tools to evaluate the OTC and the MRT. It also confirmed that Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET) and Predictive Mean Vote (PMV) are the most common indices. While ENVI-met and RayMan are the most common software to assess the OTC.
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    This work is published under http://www.journal-uee.org/
    Journal title
    Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering
    DOI
    10.4090/juee.2021.vl5nl.010023
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.4090/juee.2021.vl5nl.010023
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