FIELD STUDY ON OCCUPANT COMFORT AND RESIDENCE THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS IN A COLD, DRY CLIMATE

This paper presents the main findings of Project HIT.2000.25 Supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Harbin Institute of Technology, a field study of indoor climates and occupant comfort in 66 residence buildings in Harbin, located in the northeast of China. 120 sets of questionnaire responses were provided from 120 subjects for winter, each accompanied by a full set of physical indoor climatic measurements with an indoor climate analyzer and a thermal comfort meter which met the ASHRAE55-1992 and ISO7726 standards for accuracy, duration of sample, and response time. Only 51.7% of the indoor measurements fell within the ASHRAE55-1992 and ISO7730 standards winter comfort zone. 91.7% of the occupants considered their thermal conditions acceptable. The operative temperature corresponding to the accepted thermal environment by 80% of the occupant

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