Comfort-package: Thermal Comfort methods

In Iavalos/Comfort: Thermal comfort methods

Description

There are different methods for thermal comfort. This package is based on ASHRAE standard 55, Andris Auliciems, Humphreys and Steven Szokolay.

Details

Package:	Comfort
Type:	Package
Version:	1.0
Date:	2015-05-26
License:	MIT License

data(weather_mx)

comfort_zone <- subset(weather_mx, USAF==766120)

comfort_zone <- ddply(.data = comfort_zone, .variables = c('D', "M"), .fun = summarise, tempmax = round(mean(Max.temp, na.rm = T),2), tempmin=round(mean(Min.temp, na.rm=T),2), tempmed=round(mean(Mean.temp, na.rm=T),2))

comfort_zone$Osc <- comfort_zone$tempmax-comfort_zone$tempmin

geom_comfort(polygon = "Szokolay" , season = "winter", Tm = mean(comfort_zone$tempmed), Osc = mean(comfort_zone$Osc))

Author(s)

Ricardo Ochoa, Ilse Avalos

Maintainer: Ilse Avalos <[e-mail]>

References

Auliciems, A., & Szokolay, S. V. (2007). Thermal comfort. Passive and Low Energy Architecture International. DESIGN TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES. Note 3, 66. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-010-0393-2.

Ansi/Ashrae. (2004). ANSI/ASHRAE 55:2004 Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy. Ashrae, 2004, 30. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-011-0203-9.

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