BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV3I11086,
     title={Thermal Comfort Model for Educational Institutions in Kerala},
     author={Vishal T. Varghese, Rohin T. George, Sanju V. Santhosh, Thomas K. Peter and Sooraj K. R.},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={3},
     number={11},
     pages={109--115},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV3I11086.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

There is a little thermal comfort research in educational institutions reported from India. Energy consumption in Indian educational institutions is one of the highest, and it is increasing at a phenomenal rate. Indian standards advocate two narrow ranges of temperatures for all building and climate types. In this context, a field study was conducted following Class-II protocols, for 10 days in November 2016, in Saintgits college of Engineering, Kerala. Over 120 subjects were involved, giving 430 datasets. The comfort band (voting within -1 and +1) based on the regression analysis was found to be 23.6°C to 32.9℃ with the neutral temperature at 28℃. This is way above the limits (23–26℃) set by Indian standards. Also, the comfort level of humidity and air velocity was found. The comfort level of relative humidity is in range of 61.9 to 91.6% with a neutral humidity at 77.82% and comfort level of air velocity is 0.43-0.49 m/s with a neutral velocity at 0.4625m/s The PMV was always found to be higher than the actual sensation vote. These findings have far reaching energy implications in a developing country like India.

Thermal comfort, Comfort band, Thermal sensation, Globe temperature