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John Fernandez. Webb, Amanda Laurel Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture 2012-09-13T18:58:07Z 2012-09-13T18:58:07Z 2012 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72870 808369177 Thesis (S.M. in Architecture Studies)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2012. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-70). Our thermal experience is never neutral. Whether standing near a cold window in the winter, or in the shade on a sunny day, we constantly experience a rich set of thermal stimuli. Yet, many of the tools used in professional practice to analyze and design thermal environments in buildings do not account for the richness of our thermal experience. This disconnect between our analysis tools and our experience results in buildings that use more energy than they should, and that leave occupants dissatisfied with their thermal environment. This thesis seeks to bridge the gap between our thermal experience and our building thermal analysis tools. A unique methodology has been developed that produces mapping of thermal comfort parameters in all three spatial dimensions, as well as over time. Both heat balance and adaptive comfort indices have been incorporated into the methodology. An accompanying software program, called cMap, has been developed to illustrate the ways that this methodology can be used with existing energy analysis software and to demonstrate how it can fit into existing analysis workflows in professional practice. by Amanda Laurel Webb. S.M. in Architecture Studies 166 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Architecture. Mapping comfort : an analysis method for understanding diversity in the thermal environment Thesis application/pdf false Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="ca9eb639-2afb-488c-877a-aeaa9db1c772"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>Mapping comfort : an analysis method for understanding diversity in the thermal environment</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2012</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Webb, Amanda Laurel</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Architecture.</Keyword> <Abstract>Our thermal experience is never neutral. Whether standing near a cold window in the winter, or in the shade on a sunny day, we constantly experience a rich set of thermal stimuli. Yet, many of the tools used in professional practice to analyze and design thermal environments in buildings do not account for the richness of our thermal experience. This disconnect between our analysis tools and our experience results in buildings that use more energy than they should, and that leave occupants dissatisfied with their thermal environment. This thesis seeks to bridge the gap between our thermal experience and our building thermal analysis tools. A unique methodology has been developed that produces mapping of thermal comfort parameters in all three spatial dimensions, as well as over time. Both heat balance and adaptive comfort indices have been incorporated into the methodology. An accompanying software program, called cMap, has been developed to illustrate the ways that this methodology can be used with existing energy analysis software and to demonstrate how it can fit into existing analysis workflows in professional practice.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>