Table 5 Variable coding conventions, including indoor physical parameters, indoor calculated parameters, and outdoor environment parameters.

From: The Chinese thermal comfort dataset

Type of data

Description

E. Indoor Physical Parameters

E1. Indoor Air Temperature (Ta)

Air temperature measured in the occupied zone at 0.1, 0.6, and 1.1 m above the floor (°C)

E2. Indoor Relative Humidity (RH)

Relative humidity measured in the occupied zone at 0.1, 0.6, and 1.1 m above the floor (%)

E3. Indoor Air Velocity (V)

Air velocity measured in the occupied zone at 0.1, 0.6, and 1.1 m above the floor (m/s)

E4. Globe Temperature (Tg)

Globe temperature measured in the occupied zone at 0.1, 0.6, and 1.1 m above the floor (°C)

E5. Room Surface Temperature

Measured internal surface temperature of floor, wall, and roof surface (°C)

F. Indoor Calculated Parameters

F1. Operative Temperature (Top)

Calculated operative temperature in the occupied zone (°C), it was calculated according to ASHRAE 55-202013: Top = A × Ta + (1-A) × Tr, when v < 0.2 m/s, A = 0.5; 0.2 < v < 0.6 m/s, A = 0.6; 0.6 < v < 1.0 m/s, A = 0.7

F2. Mean Radiant Temperature (Tr)

Calculated mean radiant temperature in the occupied zone (°C), it was calculated according to ISO 7726-199830: Tr = [(Tg + 273)4 + 2.5 × 108 × v0.6 (Tg-Ta)]1/4-273

F3. Radiant Temperature Asymmetry

Calculated radiant temperature asymmetry in the occupied zone (°C)

F4. PMV

Predicted mean vote, it was calculated according to ASHRAE 55-202013

F5. PPD

Predicted percentage of dissatisfied, it was calculated according to ASHRAE 55-202013

G. Outdoor Environment Parameters

G1. Real-time Outdoor Temperature

Real-time outdoor temperature when the field study was done (°C)

G2. Mean Daily Outdoor Temperature

Daily mean outdoor temperature when the field study was done (°C)

G3. Monthly Mean Outdoor Temperature

Monthly mean outdoor temperature when the field study was done (°C)

G4. 7 or 15-Day Running Mean

Outdoor Temperature (Trm-7 or Trm-15)

7 or 15 - day running mean outdoor temperature when the field study was done (°C), it was calculated according to ASHRAE 55-202013: Trm-7/15 = (1-α)[te(d-1) + αte(d-2)+…], α = 0.8

G5. Mean Daily Outdoor Relative Humidity

Daily mean outdoor relative humidity when the field study was done (%)

G6. Mean Daily Outdoor Air Velocity

Daily mean outdoor air velocity when the field study was done (m/s)