Development of new assessment tool for urban thermal comfort
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26889057
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Hydraulic engineering
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Science |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Keywords | 熱中症 / 装着型測定器 / 深部体温 / ヒートアイランド / ラグランジュ / ウェアラブル計測システム / 皮膚温度 / 熱環境 / スマホアプリ / 温熱感 / 快適感 / スマートフォンアプリケーション / 体感気象申告 / 熱的快適性 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Severe thermal condition in Asian mega-cities increases heat stroke risk and deteriorates citizen's quality of life. Despite of the importance of understanding the detailed urban thermal portraits, the conventional measurement method, or fixed-point meteorological observation, is weak to obtain the spatially rich information due to the limiting measurement points.
We proposed a new research framework for the urban thermal comfort, where collecting the big data on citizens’perceptions for the micro climate and analyzing them statistically to obtain spatially-rich information on
urban thermal environment. We developed a smartphone application for easy-collecting such data. We also developed a wearable measurement instrument for recording meteorological and sensor-carrier's physiological data along human pathway. A study for outdoor thermal comfort using the wearable instrument and smartphone app demonstrated an advantage of this tool for obtaining urban thermal portrait.
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Report
(3 results)
Research Products
(31 results)
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[Journal Article] Globe Anemo-radiometer2015
Author(s)
Nakayoshi, M., Kanda M., and de Dear, R
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Journal Title
Boundary- Layer Meteorology
Volume: 155
Issue: 2
Pages: 209-227
DOI
Related Report
Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
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