Indoor thermal environment investigation on high-rise residences in summer in Shanghai

Investigates the general situation, air conditioning devices, occupant’s life style, energy consumption and thermal comfort of high-rise residence by questionnaires in summer in 2006 and tests the indoor temperature and humidity. Analyses the effect of outdoor climatic conditions, building structure and occupant’s behavior on indoor thermal environment. The results indicate that the difference of indoor temperature, humidity and thermal comfort in bottom, middle and top rooms is not very large, that the dissatisfaction of occupant on thermal environment at the noon is higher than that of in the morning and evening, and that the dissatisfaction of occupant will be decreased if some measures can be adopted to lower the temperature.