Essays about: "Thermal comfort condition"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words Thermal comfort condition.
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6. Thermal comfort conditions and perception by staff and patients in a Swedish health care center : A measurement and survey field study for summer conditions
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för byggnadsteknik, energisystem och miljövetenskapAbstract : A challenging aspect of modern global development is to provide desired thermal environment for building occupants with optimum consideration of energy and occupants health and satisfaction, both physically and psychologically. The variation of activity level, health condition, needs, clothing habit and staying time of different categories of occupants in hospitals makes it critical where comfort level should be optimized. READ MORE
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7. Improving Daylighting Utilization in LTH Study Center
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : Daylighting is a free source of light that fosters a direct connection to nature. It has a great potential to enhance the health and productivity of the building inhabitants, to improve thermal and visual comfort in indoor spaces, and to increase energy efficiency in buildings. READ MORE
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8. Animal welfare in Mexican dual-purpose cattle herds in the tropics : with focus on feeding and housing
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : Chiapas is a state in the southeast of Mexico where the climate is tropical, both humid and dry. The predominant cattle production system found is dual-purpose, which on every productive cycle produces both milk and meat. READ MORE
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9. Gotland ponies on extensive pastures – a welfare assessment
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : Swedish farmers have the possibility to be subsidized by EU rural development programme for grazing animals on pastures to promote the biodiversity of flora and fauna. The environmental remedy sometimes does not allow supplementary feed and at the same time the Swedish Animal Welfare Act and the Swedish Agricultural Board’s regulations for animal welfare and protection states that animals, in this case horses, shall be fed with food of good quality and adapted for the species. READ MORE
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10. Welfare assessments performed on Gotland ponies used as restorers of landscape biodiversity in the project “The Gotland pony as a conservationist – a way to promote biodiversity and conserve an endangered breed”
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : In Sweden the use of forests and outfields as pastures for livestock has decreased during the 20th century due to modern forestry, a diminished human population in the countryside, government grants for better pastures and a more widespread use of artificial fertilizers. This has resulted in a radical change when it comes to biological diversity. READ MORE
