title: Effect of the environmental stimuli upon the human body in winter outdoor thermal environment.
abstract: In order to manage the outdoor thermal environment with regard to human health and the environmental impact of waste heat, quantitative evaluations are indispensable. It is necessary to use a thermal environment evaluation index. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between the psychological thermal responses of the human body and winter outdoor thermal environment variables. Subjective experiments were conducted in the winter outdoor environment. Environmental factors and human psychological responses were measured. The relationship between the psychological thermal responses of the human body and the outdoor thermal environment index ETFe (enhanced conduction-corrected modified effective temperature) in winter was shown. The variables which influence the thermal sensation vote of the human body are air temperature, long-wave thermal radiation and short-wave solar radiation. The variables that influence the thermal comfort vote of the human body are air temperature, humidity, short-wave solar radiation, long-wave thermal radiation, and heat conduction. Short-wave solar radiation, and heat conduction are among the winter outdoor thermal environment variables that affect psychological responses to heat. The use of thermal environment evaluation indices that comprise short-wave solar radiation and heat conduction in winter outdoor spaces is a valid approach.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Studies, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, 17-3 Hoshigaoka-motomachi, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8662, Japan. kurazumi@sugiyama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshihito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurazumi
authors.forename: Emi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakoi
authors.forename: Kenta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukagawa
authors.forename: Zhecho Dimitrov
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Bolashikov
authors.forename: Tadahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchikawa
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: Tetsumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horikoshi
mesh_terms: D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature; D013697:Thermosensing; D014887:Weather; D055815:Young Adult