Health and thermal comfort: From WHO guidance to housing strategies

David Ormandy and Véronique Ezratty

Energy Policy, 2012, vol. 49, issue C, 116-121

Abstract: There are many references to the WHO guidance on thermal comfort in housing, but not to the original source material. Based on archive material, this paper gives the evidential basis for the WHO guidance. It then reports on evidence that some groups may be more susceptible to high or low indoor temperatures than others. It examines different methods for measuring thermal comfort, such as air temperature measurement, assessing residents' perception, and predicting satisfaction. Resident's perception was used effectively in the WHO LARES project, showing that self-reported poor health was significantly associated with poor thermal comfort.

Keywords: Health; Thermal comfort; Housing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.003

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