The Effect of Natural Ventilation on Thermal Environment on Nternational Student House in Kitakyushu

Abstract

With the advanced development of science and technology, the mechanization of society and the increasing degree of industrialization, people tends to stay longer time in room, approximately accounted for more than 80% of their total life time. People pay great attention to the indoor thermal comfort and realized the importance of indoor environment quality, such as sound, indoor light condition, hot and humicenvironment and indoor air quality, which will have a direct impact on people's physical and mental health. In addition, with the development of economy, the improvement of the quality of life has become more and more concerned issue. lmproving the indoor environment, especially the indoor thermal and humid environment, is one of the main ways to improve the quality of life. Indoor environment refers to all the parameters of the room: these parameters can affect the heat transfer and indoor ventilation to affect the human body's thermal comfort, In the paper we investigated the effect of natural ventilation on the indoor thermal condition mainly through monitored data.