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When comparing the thermal comfort of women and men using same values for all other individual characteristics (body mass and muscle indexes), the indexes for male thermal comfort were on average 0.39 units higher than for women in the case of 20-year-olds and 80-year-olds, and 0.48 units higher for 50-year-olds.
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One mega trend in the coming years will be continuous improvement in the energy efficiency of existing and new construction. From occupant point of view it will important to be able to estimate thermal comfort of different end user groups, so that relevant design and maintenance solutions would ensure simultaneous fulfilment of both energy efficiency and satisfaction with thermal conditions.
The impact of individual human characteristics on thermal comfort will be presented in June at the Building Simulation and Optimisation 2014 conference in London, as well as at other venues. Source: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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