THERMAL SENSATION WITH CONTINUOUS TEMPERATURE CHANGE IN WALKING CONDITION : Field experiment at pedestrian spaces

The objective of this experiment is to validate and confirm, by field evaluation, the results of the previous report. The experiment was conducted in an underground shopping mall, department store, and station. All of these places were connected, and the walking course was approximately 500m long. Subjects simulated a typical walk that a commuter or shopper might take in their daily life. Instead of entering a chamber room, subjects stopped at 18 points and evaluated. 15 subjects wore same clothing ensembles and were polled for thermal sensation and skin temperatures measured at 18 points along the walking course. The experiment was conducted in summer, fall, and winter. As a result, 'Relative Evaluation Tendency' was shown same to chamber at the field also. And skin temperature of back of hand in the final point and an overall thermal sensation to the entire course showed a positive correlation. Same to chamber experiment, temperature variance is an important factor to evaluate thermal sensation. Small temperature variance makes a difficult decision of thermal sensation.