Field study on thermal comfort in rural houses in Turpan in winter

Conducts subjective questionnaires on thermal sensation and thermal comfort for 108 residents from 57 rural houses in Turpan, and measures indoor and outdoor parameters, such as temperature and relative humidity etc. Analyses the survey data by using statistics analysis method. The results show that the measured thermal neutral temperature is 19.3 ℃, and the predicted thermal neutral temperature is 21.2 ℃. The thermal expected temperature obtained by two calculation methods is 19.7 ℃ and 19.6 ℃,  respectively. The temperature range accepted by 80% residents is 15.2-27.4 ℃. Because of dry hot and dry cold climate, the lowest comfort temperature in rural houses is significantly higher than those in other region in winter.