Wataru Umishio, Toshiharu Ikaga, Yoshihisa Fujino, Shintaro Ando, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Yukie Nakajima, Naoki Kagi, Tanji Hoshi, Masaru Suzuki, Kazuomi Kario, Takesumi Yoshimura, Hiroshi Yoshino, Shuzo Murakami
Residents themselves are responsible for controlling their living environment, and their perception of coldness is important to protect their health. Although previous studies examined the association between perceived coldness and indoor temperature, they did not consider the spatial-temporal differences in indoor temperatures. This study, conducted in Japan, measured indoor temperatures in 1,553 houses across several rooms (living room, changing room, and bedroom) and heights (at 1 m above the floor and near the floor) over two weeks and obtained the perceived coldness from 2,793 participants during winter...
April 4, 2024: Environment International