Patent ID: 7206728
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: G01W

Abstract:
1. A method for evaluating a thermal comfort of a structure constituted by a first, to n-th parts (n is a natural number of at least two) wherein at least one of these parts is a translucent member for introducing light to the inside, the method for evaluating thermal comfort of a structure comprising: a step (a) of preparing first data including a material property of the first part, to a material property of the n-th part, and second data including an amount of solar radiation passing through the translucent member to reach a measuring device having a shape imitating a human body part, an amount of solar radiation to the structure, an amount of convection heat transfer in the structure, an amount of radiation heat transfer in the structure, humidity in the structure and/or a thermo-regulating function of the measuring device, and calculating at least one of the amount of heat loss from the surface of the measuring device, the temperature of the measuring device and/or the wettedness at the surface of the measuring device based on at least one in each of first and second data, and a step (b) of calculating a thermal comfort index of the measuring device by using a result of the above calculation, wherein said thermal comfort index is used to modify a design of said structure.