Field study on thermal comfort of marketplace in the winter of Shenyang

The effect of human behavior on thermal comfort has been studied based on changes of human behavior in order to dynamically optimize and modulate thermal environment parameters inside buildings,improve indoor thermal environment,and save building energy as well.The subjects are three marketplaces in Shenyang in which central air conditioning systems are installed.The method employed is questionnaire about human thermal sensation,draft and thermal comfort sensation in the marketplace of Shenyang.Indoor design parameter of marketplace in Shenyang is analyzed by way of statistics.The results show that indoor neutral temperature is 18.5?℃ and the comfort zone is 16.6?～21.3?℃.The influences of human factors on thermal comfort,such as sex and age,are analyzed as well.Female's neutral temperature is 1.4?℃ higher than that of male's; people over 40 years of age prefer neutral temperature to be 0.6?℃ higher than that desired by persons below this age.