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Thermal requirements of secondary schoolchildren in winter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

A. Auliciems
A. Auliciems
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Reading
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Secondary schoolchildren in England were asked to assess thermal conditions in winter according to subjective sensations of warmth. Conditions of normal occupancy and activity were maintained and optimum conditions established in terms of four thermal measures by regression analysis of over 2500 assessments by boys and girls. The comfort zone was delineated as that within which 60% of the children were comfortable and in terms of the commonly used dry-bulb temperature this zone lay between 59 and 70° F. in still air. The optimum conditions for children were also compared with those recommended for adults.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , March 1969 , pp. 59 - 65
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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