Brazilian indoor thermal comfort database

The Brazilian indoor thermal comfort database is a set of information related to the indoor thermal environment and the occupants’ characterization and thermal perception (right-here-right-now survey). The data collected came from field studies conducted indoors during daily occupation – “real” environments with occupants performing their habitual activities. The documented data was obtained through field studies in universities classrooms and offices in Brazil.
According to the international measurement protocols recurrent in base surveys (De Dear, Brager and Cooper, 1997; De Dear and Brager, 1998; ASHRAE, 2010), the physical variables related to the indoor thermal environment (air temperature, mean radiant temperature, relative humidity and air velocity) were recorded by appropriated and previously calibrated instruments, while the subjective responses from the occupants and their personal antropometric information were documented in questionnaires. More details on the Brazilian thermal comfort database project can be accessed in: ).