Conforto térmico: estudo de caso na população do Rio Grande do Norte

Abstract

Thermal comfort is of great importance for the well-being of an individual, both physical and mental, so this work seeks to analyze data on the current state and the sensation of thermal comfort in the population of the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The comparative analysis between satellite data (National Institute of Meteorology and some data from the Weather Forecast and Climate Studies Center of the National Institute for Space Research) and data observed by 'software' developed in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, by the IDE Visual Studio Code. The variables observed were of the climatic type (maximum/minimum/average temperatures, Humidity, pressure and monthly average precipitation, among others) and variables of the profile and sensation type (time, household category, thermal sensation, ambient and sensation temperature, ventilation, clothing category and last-hour physical effort category). To obtain these results, a website was developed for data collection. Data analysis revealed that there is an increase in positive temperature anomalies in the state. The PMV index does not present a significant correlation with the interviewees' ambient temperatures. Thermal comfort is linked to more subjective parameters such as: living in an apartment, wearing two pieces of clothing and being close to the wall. These explain more significantly the high rate of thermal discomfort in Rio Grande do Norte.