Nicol - Standards for thermal comfort : indoor air temperature standards for the 21st century

Standards for Thermal Comfort

Indoor Air Temperature Standards for the 21st Century

Edited by
F. Nicol , M. Humphreys ,
O. Sykes , and S. Roaf

Published by Taylor & Francis
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN

First edition 1995

Transferred to Digital Printing 2006

1995 F. Nicol, M. Humphreys, O. Sykes and S. Roaf

ISBN 0 419 20420 2

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IATS 94, Windsor 26-28 August 1994

This book is a report of the proceedings of a conference organised by a team based at the School of Architecture in Oxford Brookes University, and held between the 26th and the 28th August 1994 at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park.

In a wholly delightful role reversal, the conference was fathered by Susan Roaf, who imbued us all with her enthusiasm for the project; it was then incubated by Oliver Sykes who took most of the responsibility for the distribution of the invitations, the assembling of an exceptional international group of delegates, the organisation of the conference and the recording and transcription of the discussions which form a vital part of this book.

Michael Humphreys and I played the part of midwives - giving advice and assistance during the pregnancy and preparing the infant for its launch upon the world. Part of our job has been tidying the raw transcripts of the discussions. This has inevitably meant some distillation of the full text to clarify the words. Hopefully, we have preserved the original meaning.

So often, conferences like this - dedicated to saving energy - end up in airconditioned conference centres where the delegate's words are drowned out by the noise of the ventilation system. Another inspiration of Sue's was to hold the conference at Cumberland Lodge, a 17th century manor house which further convinced the delegates that naturally ventilated buildings can be infinitely superior to the mechanised variety.