2004 Volume 29 Issue 93 Pages 1-10
Thermal sensation vote of subject fluctuated remarkably in the outdoors by the change of wind velocity or the solar radiation and the degree of the fluctuation reached five categories in thermal sensation. SET^* is available to predict the steep change of thermal sensation vote caused by the rapid change of the outdoor climate. In the prediction problem of thermal sensation vote using SET^*, it is important to know the distribution of the vote rate to each category of thermal sensation in addition to knowing the average thermal sensation vote of the population because the thermal sensation vote deviates essentially by the differences of thermal sensation among subjects. In this study, we presented the figures showing the distribution of the vote rate to each category of thermal sensation and thermal comfort. The accuracy of the prediction of thermal sensation vote can be improved by taking the differences of thermal sensation among subjects into consideration. However, it is the problem for a future study how to take the differences of thermal sensation among subjects into consideration to predict the thermal sensation vote of a person sampled at random.
