본 연구는 여름철에 수행된 체감실험 결과이다. 연구의 목적은 함국인을 대상으로 여름철 체감실험을 통해 SET*(PMV)와 상관관계를 규명하고, ASHRAE Standard 55-74의 쾌적영역과 한국인의 쾌적영역을 비교 검토한는 것이다. 따라서 한국인에 대하여 생리 및 심리적인 접근방법을 통해 냉방시 온열쾌적감을 분석하여, 온열환경지표(PMV, SET*)의 적용가능성을 검토하였다. 또한 청년 및 고령자에 대하여 각각 쾌적영역을 제시하였다. 냉방시 체감실험결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 청년층의 중립 SET*(TSV=0)는 26.4℃이었지만, 고령자의 경우는 26.9℃ 이었다. 2. 청년과 고령자의 발한은 평균피부온도 34℃ 근처에서 급격하게 상승하였다. 3. 청년층의 온열적 중립영역은 SET* 25.4~27.5℃(0.20〈PMV〈0.85)이지만, 고령자의 중립영역은 SET* 25.8~28.0℃(0.43〈PMV〈1.07) 이었다.

본 연구의 목적은 한국인을 대상으로 겨울철 체감실험을 통해 SET*(PMV)와 상관관계를 규명하고, ASHRAE Standard 55-74의 쾌적영역과 한국인의 쾌적영역을 비교 검토하는 것이다. 실험에 참가한 각 피험자는 동일한 유니폼을 착용한 체 의자에 앉아 환경시험실에서 2시간 체재하였다. 피험자의 평균피부온도는 신체 3군데에서 측정한 피부온도 값을 이용하였고, 전신온냉감 및 쾌불쾌감 신고는 매 15분 간격으로 측정하였다. 전신온냉감 신고 스케일은 -3= cold, -2=cool, -1=slight cool, o=neutral, +1= Slightly warm, +2=warm, +3=hot 이며, 쾌불쾌감 신고스케일은 0=comfortable, +1=slightly comfortable, +2=uncomfortable, +3=very uncomfortable이다. 겨울철 체감실험을 통해 아래의 결론을 얻었다. 1)전신온냉감이 중립이 될때 청년층의 SET*는 25.5℃이며, 고령자의 중립온도는 27℃이었다. 고령자는 청년에 비해 1.5℃(SET*) 정도 고온을 선호하였다. 2)청년층의 쾌적영역은 24.2-26.8℃(SET*)이며, 고령자의 쾌적영역은 25.7-28.2℃이었다. 이러한 쾌적영역은 ASHRAE의 쾌적영역보다 고온지향적임을 알 수 있었다.

To analyze human thermal environments in protected horticultural houses (plastic houses), human thermal sensations estimated using measured microclimatic data (air temperature, humidity, wind speed, and solar and terrestrial radiation) were compared between an outdoor area and two indoor plastic houses, a polyethylene (PE) house and a polycarbonate (PC) house. Measurements were carried out during the daytime in autumn, a transient season that exhibits human thermal environments ranging from neutral to very hot. The mean air temperature and absolute humidity of the houses were 14.6-16.8℃ (max. 22. 3℃) and 7.0-12.0 g∙m-3 higher than those of the outdoor area, respectively. Solar (K) and terrestrial (L) radiation were compared directionally from the sky hemisphere (↓) and the ground hemisphere (↑). The mean K↓ and K↑ values for the houses were respectively 232.5-367.8 W∙m-2 and 44.9-55.7 W∙m-2 lower than those in the outdoor area; the mean L↓ and L↑ values were respectively 150.4-182.3 W∙m-2 and 30.5-33.9 W∙m-2 higher than those in the outdoor area. Thus, L was revealed to be more influential on the greenhouse effect in the houses than K. Consequently, mean radiant temperature in the houses was higher than the outdoor area during the daytime from 10:45 to 14:15. As a result, mean human thermal sensation values in the PMV, PET, and UTCI of the houses were respectively 3.2-3.4℃ (max. 4.7℃), 15.2-16.4℃ (max. 23.7℃) and 13.6-15.4℃ (max. 22.3℃) higher than those in the outdoor area. The heat stress levels that were influenced by human thermal sensation were much higher in the houses (between hot and very hot) than in the outdoor (between neutral and warm). Further, the microclimatic component that most affected the human thermal sensation in the houses was air temperature that was primarily influenced by L↓. Therefore, workers in the plastic houses could experience strong heat stresses, equal to hot or higher, when air temperature rose over 22℃ on clear autumn days.

Thermal neutrality is not enough to achieve thermal comfort. The temperature level can be the optimal, and still people may complain. This situation is often explained by the problem of local discomfort. Local discomfort can be caused by radiant asymmetry, local air velocities, too warm and too cold floor temperature and vertical temperature difference. This temperature difference may generate thermal discomfort due to different thermal sensation in different body parts. Therefore, thermal comfort can not be correctly evaluated without considering these differences. This study investigates thermal discomfort sensations of different body parts and its effect on overall thermal sensation and comfort in air-heating room. Experimental results of evaluating thermal discomfort at different body parts in an air-heating room showed that thermal sensation on the shoulder was significantly related to the overall thermal sensation and discomfort. Although it is known that cool-head, warm-foot condition is good for comfort living, cool temperature around the head generated discomfort