1. Windsor Conference 2014 draft timetable
First draft
THURSDAY 10TH APRIL 2014
17:00 registration
18:00 drinks
19:00 dinner
20:00 after-dinner talk (Chair Fergus Nicol)
Evolving opportunities in providing thermal
comfort
Gail Brager University of
California, Berkeley

2. FRIDAY 11TH APRIL 2014

3. 08:30 Registration
SESSION 1: Affordable domestic comfort in the 21st Century (chairs: Maria Kolokotroni and Ryozo Ooka)
09:00 W14076 Development of the adaptive model for thermal comfort in
Japanese houses
Hom B. Rijal Tokyo City
University
Humphreys, Nicol.
09:15 W14105 Effect of passive cooling strategies on overheating in low
energy residential buildings for Danish climate
Angela Simone Technical
University of
Denmark
09:30 W14040 Summer thermal comfort in new and old apartment
buildings
Mikk Maivel Tallinn University of
Technology
Kurnitski, Kalamees
09:45 W14090 A coupled summer thermal comfort and indoor air quality
model of urban high-rise housing
Anna Mavrogianni University College
London (UCL)
Taylor, Thoua,
Davies, Kolm-
Murray
10:00 W14162 Indoor thermal conditions and thermal comfort in
residential buildings during the winter in Lhasa, China
Haiyan Yan Henan Polytechnic
University
Yang
10:15 W14079 Challenges in designing for comfort – Comfort and energy
use characterization in residential apartments
Rajasekar Elangovan L&T Construction Soumya,
Venkateswaran
10:30 W14128 The Greek Housing Stock and the Role of the Occupant’s
Behaviour in Achieving Energy Efficiency
Kostas Palantzidis London
Metropolitan
University
Brotas
10:35 W14148 Characterization of Thermal Comfort in a Passively Cooled
Building Located in a Hot-Arid Climate
Alfredo Fernandez-
Gonzalez
University of
Nevada
10:40 W14075 Survey on the thermal comfort and occupant behaviour in
the bedrooms of the Japanese houses
Imagawa Hikaru Tokyo City
University
Rijal
10:45 discussion

4. 11:00 Coffee break
SESSION 2 Controlling Comfort (Chairs Hom Rijal and Madhavi Indraganti)
11:20 W14052 Individual Thermal Control in the Workplace and Changes
in Thermal Preferences in a Day: Norwegian Cellular vs.
British Open Plan Layouts
Sally
Salome
Shahzad University of
Edinburgh
Brennan,
Theodossopoulos
11:35 W14067 A comparison of alternative occupant classification
approaches for the modelling of window behaviour in
office buildings
Shen Wei Loughborough
University
Buswell, Loveday
11:50 W14138 A field study about the influence of personal control on
human thermal comfort
Maohui LUO Tsinghua University Cao, Zhu
12:05 W14058 Case Study: Thermal Comfort in a Cooling Mist on Hot
Summer Days
Craig Farnham Osaka City
University
Emura
12:20 W14096 Thermal judgements and adaptive behaviours: a study on
the subjective side of thermal comfort in two University
buildings in France.
Margot Pellegrino University of Paris
Est
12:35 W14041 User friendliness and building automation - A conceptual
approach to understanding perceived control
Runa T. Hellwig Augsburg
University of
Apllied Sciences
-
12:50 W14055 Applying contextual understanding in mixed mode design:
a user-centred study of thermal comfort and adaptive
control
Kathryn Healey University of
Queensland
12:55 W14027 Adaptive comfort opportunities under mechanically
conditioned environment
Alexandre Freire University of Porto Alexandre, Nicol
13:00 W14133 Does PMV unnecessarily restrict naturally ventilation in
buildings?
Kevin Bowe Heriot Watt
University
13:05 W14071 Occupants’ behaviour in office building: stochastic models
for window opening.
Valentina Fabi Politecnico di
Torino
Maggiora,
Andersen, Corgnati

5. 13:10 W14103 Implication of building energy modeling (BEM) and
adaptive model to assess the efficiency of multi storied
apartments in composite climate of North India
Shailza Singh Indian Institute of
Technology
Chani, Kulkarni
13:15 W14097 Comfort temperature and the adaptive use of
environmental controls in offices in Japan
Ryozo Ooka The University of
Tokyo
Indraganti, Rijal
13:20 discussion
13:30 LUNCH

6. SESSION 3: Comfort in Offices and educational buildings (chairs Richard de Dear and Sue Roaf)
14:30 W14085 Understanding thermal comfort conditions in airport
terminal buildings
Alkis Kotopouleas University of Kent Nikolopoulou
14:45 W14049 Occupant behaviour and obstacles in operating the
openings in offices in India
Madhavi Indraganti University of
California, Berkeley
Ooka, Rijal, Brager
15:00 W14033 Summertime Thermal Comfort in Australian School
Classrooms
Richard de Dear University of
Sydney
Kim, Candido,
Deuble
15:15 W14004 Cold comfort: thermal satisfaction in academia Simi Hoque University of
Massachusetts
Weil
15:30 W14151 Thermal comfort conditions during daily prayer times in an
Air-Conditioned Mosque in Malaysia
Azman Hussin Universiti
Kebangsaan
Malaysia
Salleh, Chan, Mat
15:45 W14045 A holistic approach to comfort in offices Wim Zeiler TU Eindhoven Zeiler, de Korte,
Nierman, Boxem,
Maassen
15:50 W14127 Cost effectiveness of thermal mitigation based on the long
term thermal analysis of a large office building
Paolo Lenzuni INAIL Merlino, Viazzo,
Freda, Capone, del
Gaudio
15:55 W14022 A field study of thermal comfort in transitional spaces in
buildings in Cardiff, UK
Guoying Hou Welsh School of
Architecture
Tweed
16:00 W14015 Choosing a method of thermal comfort for mixed-mode
office buildings located in hot-humid summer climate
Ricardo Rupp Federal University
of Santa Catarina
Ghisi
16:05 W14150 Indoor thermal comfort survey in campus buildings
(classrooms) in Beijing for a long time
Min Li Tsinghua University Cao, Zhu

7. 16:10 W14011 Adaptive comfort relations and comfort temperature
ranges from a field study in undergraduate laboratories
Asit Kumar Mishra Indian Institute of
Technology
Ramgopal
16:15 W14044 Case study: thermal comfort evaluations in prayer halls in
two continents.
Ashak Nathwani University of
Sydney
16:20 W14137 Thermal comfort in primary schools: a field study in Chile Maureen Trebilcock Universidad del Bio-
Bio
Figueroa
16:25 discussion
16:30 Tea
FIRST WORKSHOP SESSION

8. 16:45 WS 1 (2 hours): comfort, user behaviour and energy efficiency of thermo-active building - systems and ventilation strategies
Chairs: Jens Pfafferott and Fion Stevenson
W14131 Designing resilient housing for co-evolutionary adaptivity Fionn Stevenson University of
Sheffield
Barborska-Narozny
W14054 Comfort and adaptation in mixed-mode buildings in a hot-
dry climate
Anoop Honnekeri University of
California, Berkeley
Brager, Dhaka,
Mathur
16:45 WS 2 (2 Hours): Schools and young people (Despoina Teli and Azadeh Montazami)
W14050 Occupants’ behaviours in controlling blinds in UK primary
schools
Azadeh Montazami Coventry University Gaterell
W14070 Do the constants used in adaptive comfort algorithms
reflect the observed responses of children in junior school
classrooms?
Despoina Teli University of
Southampton
James, Jentsch
W14053 Developing assumptions of metabolic rate estimation for
upper primary children in the calculation of the Fanger
PMV model
Shamila Haddad University of New
South Wales
Osmond, King,
Heidari
16:45 WS 3 (1 hour): Standards: developments of EN15251 (Bjarne Olesen and Atze Boerstra)
W14143 A new thermal comfort guidelne for the Netherlands (ISSO
74: 2014)
Atze Boerstra BBA Binnenmilieu van Hoof & van
Weele
W14118 Application of the adaptive model proposed by ASHRAE 55
in the Brazilian climate context: raising some issues
Renata De Vecchi Federal University
of Santa Catarina
Sorgato, Pacheco,
Cândido and
Lamberts
17:45 WS 4 (1 hour): Overheating in buildings (Fergus Nicol)

9. W14002 Indoor Overheating Risk and Climate Change. Modelling
sensitivity of building design parameters for a free-running
building.
Linda Gichuyia University of
Cambridge
Steemers
W14163 What are the Upper limits of Comfort? Susan Roaf Heriot Watt
University
Smith, Al Sheikh
and Bowe
19:00 Dinner
20:30 JOINT AFTER DINNER TALK (Chair Michael Humphreys)
Climate change and the limits of comfort Miles Allen
Wouter van Marken Lichtenbelt

10. SATURDAY 12TH APRIL 2014
SESSION 4: The phsysiology of thermal comfort (Chairs: Lisje Schellen and Wim Zeiler)

11. 09:00 W14082 Thermoregulatory behaviour in response to switching
thermal environments – a pilot experiment prior to a mild
warm acclimation study
Hannah Pallubinsky Maastricht
University
Schellen, van
Marken Lichtenbelt
09:15 W14126 Energy efficient living – INTEWON Physiology and
behaviour: the elastic thermal comfort zone and the need
for categorization
Wouter van Marken
Lichtenbelt
Maastricht
University
Schellen, Jacquot,
Kingma
09:30 W14124 The relation between the thermoneutral zone and thermal
comfort zone - Determination of the thermoneutral zone
and the influence on thermal behaviour
Lisje Schellen Maastricht
University
Pallubinsky, van
Marken Lichtenbelt
09:45 W14023 Versatile Indian sari: Clothing insulation with different
drapes of typical sari ensembles
Madhavi Indraganti University of
California, Berkeley
Lee, Zhang, Arenes
10:00 W14046 Neuron fire rates simulations of cold thermal sensations
validated by measurements
Wim Zeiler TU Eindhoven Vissers, Zeiler,
Boxem,
Vezely,Verhaart
10:15 W14153 An experiment on attention ability based on
Electroencephalogram (EEG) in Each PMV Condition
Minjung Kim Yonsei University Choi, Han, Son,
Chun
10:20 W14152 The Occupants’ stress on each PMV condition – chamber
study using brain wave
Yoorim Choi Yonsei University Kim, Chun
10:25 W14039 Tracking hand movement in an infrared image Michal Vesely Eindhoven
University of
Technology
Zeiler
10:30 W14008 Field Study of Thermal Environment Acceptability Using
Ostracon
Masanari Ukai Kogakuin university Ichikawa, Nobe
10:35 discussion

12. 10:50 Coffee break
SESSION 5: Lighting, acoustics and building physics (Chairs: Luisa Brotas and Adrian Pitts )
11:20 W14114 On finding balance between collaborative noise and
speech privacy in open-offices
John Goins Pacific Northwest
National Lab
11:35 W14154 Solar reflected glare affecting visual performance Luisa Brotas London
Metropolitan
University
Wienold
11:50 W14088 Air capting and extracting sheds: Marieli Azoia
Lukiantchuki
University of São
Paulo
Shimomura,
Alessandra, Greco,
Paulo
12:05 W14089 Exploring the Dynamic Aspect of Natural Air flow on
Occupants Thermal Perception and Comfort
Harimi Djamila University Malaysia
Sabah
Ming, Kumaresan
12:20 W14087 Analysing the Resilience of Brasilia’s Superblocks in a
Changing Climate
Maria Rita Kessler Oxford Brookes
University
Franco, Mafalda,
Samangooei
12:35 W14142 Measure and model of free hanging sound absorbers
impact on thermal comfort
Pierre Lombard Saint Gobain
Recherche
12:40 W14072 Evaluating the influence of thermal mass and window size
in a direct gain system on the annual and lifetime energy
consumption of domestic Australian light weight
construction
Ben Slee University of
Sydney
Upadhyay, Hyde
12:45 W14112 Effect of Structure and Morphology on Natural Ventilation
Potentials, Comfort, and Energy Use in Tall Buildings
Juliana Felkner ETH Zurich Chatzi
12:50 Discussion
LUNCH

13. 13:15
SESSION 6: Outdoor comfort and Urban Heat Island effect (chairs Roberto Lamberts Chungyoon Chun)
14:15 W14083 Residual analysis of UTCI predictions on outdoor thermal
sensation survey data
Peter Broede IfADo Krüger, Fiala
W14110 Visualizing the results of thermal comfort field studies:
putting publically accessible data in the hands of
practitioners
Margaret Pigman University of
California, Berkeley
Arens, Honnekeri,
Zhang, Brager
14:30 W14064 Study on Evaluation of Effects of Inhomogeneous Radiant
Environment for Pedestrian in Summer Season Using a
Coupled Numerical Simulation Based on CFD Analysis
Shinji Yoshida University of Fukui Sato, and Oguro
14:45 W14147 The impact of the Urban Heat Island in the energy
consumption and overheating of domestic buildings in
London
Juan Jose Lafuente London
Metropolitan
University
Brotas
15:00 W14144 Diversified locales for enhancing thermal acceptability of
water fringed urban parks: A case of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Indrika Rajapaksha Unversity of
Moratuwa
Rathnayaka
15:15 W14074 Investigation of the outdoor thermal comfort and clothing
insulation in Hachiko Square in Japan
Hoshino Genki Tokyo city
university
Rijal
15:30 W14135 Outdoor thermal condition and people’s exposure time Mansoureh Tahbaz Shahid Beheshti
University
15:35 W14080 Analyzing night time wind speed reduction effects from
densification on predicted outdoor thermal comfort in a
subtropical setting
Eduardo Kruger UTFPR Broede
15:40 Discussion
16:00 Tea
SECOND WORKSOP SESSION

14. 16:30 W 5 (1 hour): Daylight and Comfort (Luisa Brotas and Jan Wienold)
17:30 W14037 Illuminating Adaptive Comfort: Dynamic Lighting for the
Active Occupant
Zoltan Nagy ETH Zurich Hazas, Frei, Rossi,
Schlueter
W14100 Light switch behaviour: occupant behaviour stochastic
models in office buildings
Valentina Fabi Politecnico di
Torino
Camisassi, Causone,
Andersen, Corgnati.
W14098 Towards a Dynamic Daylight Understanding Isabelle Leysens Iowa State
University
Passe
17:30 W 6 (1 hour): Negotiated comfort: (There is no such thing as personal comfort – it is always agreed in groups) (Gary Raw)
18:30
16:30 W 7 (1 hour): Using statistics correctly to analyse comfort and behaviours (Jane & Rex Galbraith with Michael Humphreys)
17:30
17:30 W 8 (1 hour): Instrumentation and climate chambers (Andreas Wagner and Marcel Schweiker)
18:30 W14032 Presenting LOBSTER, an innovative climate chamber, and
the analysis of the effect of a ceiling fan on the thermal
sensation and performance under summer conditions in an
office-like setting
Marcel Schweiker Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology
Brasche,
Hawighorst,
Bischof, Wagner
16:30 W 9 (2 hours): Dynamic thermal environment: What is the mechanism? How to create, control and evaluate it? (Yingxin Zhu)
18:30 W14146 Applicability of elevated air movement for maintaining
thermal comfort in warm environments
Li Huang Tsinghua University

15. SUNDAY 13H APRIL 1014
SESSION 7: Thermal comfort, productivity and occupant behaviour (Chairs Olli Seppanen and Rajat Gupta)

16. 09:00 W14161 Robust design for high workers' performance and low
absenteeism - An alternative approach
Joe Leyten Delft University of
Technology
Raue, Kurvers
09:15 W14115 Considerations for occupant behaviour modelling in early
design stages
Astrid Roetzel Deakin University
09:30 W14101 Evaluating the effect of occupant behaviour and
expectations on actual energy use and environmental
conditions in ‘sustainable’ social housing in South East
England
Rajat Gupta Oxford Brookes
University
Kapsali, Mariam
09:45 W14129 Solving the Black Box: Inverse Approach for Ideal Building
Dynamic Bahaviour Using Multi-Objective Optimization
with EnergyPlus
Nelly Martinez University College
London
10:00 W14078 A field-comparison of thermal comfort with floor heating
systems and air conditioning systems in Japanese homes
Hom B Rijal Tokyo City
University
Omori, Toshiaki,
Humphreys, Nicol
10:15 W14061 Personal heating: energy use and effectiveness. Jacob Verhaart Eindhoven
University of
Technology
Veselý, Kik, Zeiler
10:30 W14121 Prevalence and Evaluation of Bioclimatic Design
Techniques used to achieve Low Energy Comfort in
Architectural Design Proposals
Adrian Pitts University of
Huddersfield
10:35 W14117 Field evaluation of the performance of a radiant
heating/cooling ceiling panel system
Ryozo Ooka University of Tokyo Li, Yoshidomi,
Olesen
10:40 W14093 The gap between what is said and what is done: a method
for distinguishing reported and observed responses to
thermal discomfort.
Stephanie Gauthier University College
London
Shipworth
10:45 discussion
11:00 Coffee

17. SESSION 8: the interaction between people and buildings (chairs Pierre Lombard and Michael Adebamowo)
11:20 W14026 Environmental Comfort in the Living Heritage of the
Chilean Araucanía: The Ruka Lafkenche and the Fogón
Pehuenche.
Christopher Whitman Universidad Central
de Chile
Turnbull
11:35 W14021 Simulating the human-building interaction: Development
and validation of an agent-based model of office occupant
behaviours.
Jared Langevin Drexel University Wen, Gurian
11:50 W14084 Post-occupancy and indoor monitoring surveys to
investigate the potential of summertime overheating in UK
prefabricated timber houses
Timothy Adekunle University of Kent Nikolopoulou
12:05 W14107 Improvement of comfort conditions using confluent jets
ventilation located near the floor level in an experimental
chamber
Eusébio Conceição University of
Algarve
Lúcio, Awbi
12:20 W14120 Triumph in the Tropics? Surveying the thermal
environment of the Queensland house 1905-1926
Daniel Ryan The University of
Sydney
12:35 W14019 A STUDY OF THERMAL MAVERICKS IN AUSTRALIA Lyrian Daniel The University of
Adelaide
Williamson,
Soebarto, Chen
12:50 W14156 Cross-Correlations among the daily variation of thermal
control use, thermal sensation, clothing insulation and
outdoor temperature during cooling season in Japan
Noriko Umemiya Osaka city
university
Tomohiro,
Taniguchi
13:05 W14013 Lifecycle Costing of Low Energy Housing Refurbishment: A
case study of a 7 year retrofit in Chester Road, London
Theodora Neroutsou University College
London

18. 13:10 W14065 Using building performance simulation to quantify the
impact of energy saving behaviour change for a UK house
Shen Wei Plymouth
University
Jones, de Wilde
13:15 W14014 The Effect of Climate and Culture on Housing among Low
Income Groups in Lagos, Nigeria
feyikemi akinwolemia Welsh school of
architecture
Gwilliam
13:20 Discussion
13:30 LUNCH
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19. Papers whose authors are unable to attend
W14010 Thermal comfort study of university students in Jakarta,
Indonesia
Tri Harso Karyono Tanri Abeng
University
Heryanto,
W14145 Exergetic Review on Thermal Performance of Window
Systems
Masanori Shukuya Tokyo City
University
W14036 Occupant time period of thermal adaption to change of
outdoor air temperature in naturally ventilated buildings
Weiwei Liu Central South
University
W14005 Effects of vegetation on thermal comfort in Shanghai high-
density residential developments
Haiping Liu Tongji University Song
W14012 Daylight quality in hospitals – Developing a frame work Mohamed Elcharkawi Arab Academy For
Science and
Technology
Gomaa, Sarhan
W14115 Considerations for occupant behaviour modelling in early
design stages
Astrid Roetzel Deakin University
W14136 Mobile Meteorological Survey Station: Applying
Measurement Tools on a bike to create the Meteobike
Patricia Drach Glasgow
Caledonian
University
H Drach
W14006 African Green Design Solutions as Vernacular Bioclimatic
Architecture
Tokie Laotan-Brown Universities of
Nova Gorica and
Iuav di Venezia