A proposal for the prediction of comfort and performance improvement through the use of cooling vests (for construction workers), under transient conditions

ABSTRACT

In this study, using construction activities as an example, a proposal is made for the time-dependent prediction of the thermal sensation and the performance loss using a cooling vest, under transient conditions. The approach presented here can, mutatis mutandis, be used for any work activity and the use of a cooling vest, whether or not in a building.

KEYWORDS:

• Mathematical modelling
• performance
• thermal comfort
• workplace
• construction management

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C. P. G. Roelofsen

C. P. G. Roelofsen is a research fellow Healthy Urban Living & Working at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. His current research interests involve indoor environmental quality, wellbeing and human performance engineering.

K. M. B. Jansen

K. M. B. Jansen is professor of Emerging Materials at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. His current interests involve electronic textiles, smart materials, shape morphing materials and electroluminescence.