School of Architecture, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Sep 29;10:1029390. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1029390. eCollection 2022.
Recently, indoor thermal comfort has received more scholarly attention than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic and global warming. However, most studies on indoor thermal comfort in China concentrated on urban buildings in the east and north. The indoor thermal comfort of rural dwellers in southwest China is insufficiently investigated. Hence, this study assesses residents' indoor thermal comfort in a rural dwelling in Linshui, obtains the thermal neutral temperature of the rural area, and analyzes the thermal adaptation behavior of rural dwellers. The results reveal that the thermal neutral temperature of rural dwellers is 29.33°C (operative temperature), higher than that presented in previous studies based on the same climate region. Indoor thermal conditions in rural dwellings are relatively harsh, but various thermal adaptation behavior of rural dwellers significantly improve their ability to withstand the harsh conditions. When people live in an environment with a (relatively) constant climate parameter (e.g., humidity), their perception of that parameter seems compromised. Most rural dwellers are unwilling to use cooling equipment with high energy consumption. Therefore, more passive cooling measures are recommended in the design and renovation of rural dwellings.
近年来，由于 COVID-19 大流行和全球变暖，室内热舒适受到了比以往更多的关注。然而，中国关于室内热舒适的大多数研究都集中在东部和北部的城市建筑上，对中国西南农村居民的室内热舒适研究不足。因此，本研究评估了林水农村居民的室内热舒适，获得了农村地区的热中性温度，并分析了农村居民的热适应行为。结果表明，农村居民的热中性温度为 29.33°C（操作温度），高于基于同一气候区的先前研究中提出的温度。农村居民的室内热条件相对恶劣，但农村居民的各种热适应行为显著提高了他们承受恶劣条件的能力。当人们生活在气候参数（如湿度）相对恒定的环境中时，他们对该参数的感知似乎会受到影响。大多数农村居民不愿意使用高能耗的冷却设备。因此，在农村住宅的设计和翻新中，建议采用更多的被动冷却措施。
