Human Responses to Transient Environments in Hot-Humid Area of China - Experimental Methods and Primary Results

Climate chamber study, was performed by using 30 subjects living in the hot-humid area of China in the summer of 2009. The subjects dressed with the standard 0.6clo clothing were exposed to 6 transient conditions in the range of cool to warm and their subjective and physiological responses were collected. The results show that the subject´s psychology should react than physiology faster, shorter Stable time. The rate of change in thermal sensation skin temperature are related to varied range of air temperature and humidity the humid sensation is neutral and the mean skin temperature is 33.2°C when the thermal sensation is neutral. Mean skin temperature predict thermal sensation well.