It's a bit of a breeze you'll be needing

Contrary to what you might read in standard western books on thermal comfort, people in the tropics are not really troubled by a slight breeze, by which they mean 1 to 2 meters per second. But this vastly changes their perception of temperature as you can see here. Even temperatures up to 35 deg C can be accepted with a “slight breeze”. Right axis is temperature in Celsius, left is wind velocity, meters per second. Most people find the blue zones comfortable.

MODELLING THERMAL COMFORT FOR TROPICS USING FUZZY LOGIC

Henry Feriadi, Wong Nyuk Hien
Department of Building, School of Design and Environment National University of Singapore
4 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117566

It's a bit of a breeze you'll be needing

Contrary to what you might read in standard western books on thermal comfort, people in the tropics are not really troubled by a slight breeze, by which they mean 1 to 2 meters per second. But this vastly changes their perception of temperature as you can see here. Even temperatures up to 35 deg C can be accepted with a “slight breeze”. Right axis is temperature in Celsius, left is wind velocity, meters per second. Most people find the blue zones comfortable.

MODELLING THERMAL COMFORT FOR TROPICS USING FUZZY LOGIC

Henry Feriadi, Wong Nyuk Hien
Department of Building, School of Design and Environment National University of Singapore
4 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117566