PPD: Predicted Percent of Dissatisfied

In Iavalos/Comfort: Thermal comfort methods

Description

A percent of dissatisfied persons.

Usage

PPD(PMV)

Arguments

PMV	Predicted Mean Vote. A value between -3 to +3

Details

After estimating the PMV, the predicted percent dissatisfied (PPD) with a condition can be estimated.A PPD of 10% corresponds to the PMV range of 0.5, and even with PMV = 0, about 5% of the people are dissatisfied.

Value

The number of thermally dissatisfied persons among a large group pf people. [%]

Note

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.

Author(s)

Ricardo Ochoa, Ilse Avalos

See Also

PMV

Examples

PMV <- seq(-3, +3, 0.5)
plot(x= PMV, y= PPD(PMV))

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