Adaptive thermal comfort evaluation for residential buildings in Turfan

To understand the characteristics of human adaptive thermal comfort in the regions with dry-hot and dry-cold climate, carries out a field survey on thermal comfort in Turfan, and analyses the correlations between human thermal sensation and operative temperature as well as humid sensation and relative humidity in winter and summer by statistical regression. Analyses the human adaptation levels in two seasons using the adaptive coefficient (λ) proposed by adaptive PMV (aPMV) model, and obtains that the λ is -0.49 for winter and 0.53 for summer. The λ for summer varies from the value proposed by Evaluation standard for indoor thermal environment in civil buildings in China, while it is similar in winter. Suggests that different λ should be given when evaluating indoor thermal environment in dry-hot and dry-cold climate regions in order to avoid the deviation.