TY - GEN
T1 - The elderly and their indoor environment
T2 - 34th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture: Smart and Healthy Within the Two-Degree Limit, PLEA 2018
AU - Hughes, Caroline Elizabeth
AU - Natarajan, Sukumar
N1 - Funding Information:
This project is financed by an EPSRC funded University of Bath Studentship.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In the winter of 2014-15 an estimated 43,900 excess winter deaths occurred, 85% of which were in older people. There is a clear link between cold homes and poor health, especially in older people, as sub-optimally heated homes increase the risk of health problems that are particularly prevalent in this demographic. By 2050 a quarter of the UK population will be aged 65 and over, with the greatest population increases being seen in the octogenarian and older categories. Investigating thermal comfort in the over 65 demographic is key to ensuring that older people are able to stay healthy and comfortable in their homes. To date, thermal comfort models are based on working age populations habiting office buildings throughout a working day. This paper seeks to validate how suitable current thermal comfort models are in predicting comfort levels of older people in their homes. In this study indoor temperature data from 30 homes occupied by people aged 65 and over, together with thermal comfort data was collected during the measurement period November 2016 to March 2017. This data enabled the theoretical outputs from Fanger’s model to be correlated with the measured temperatures to validate the model.
AB - In the winter of 2014-15 an estimated 43,900 excess winter deaths occurred, 85% of which were in older people. There is a clear link between cold homes and poor health, especially in older people, as sub-optimally heated homes increase the risk of health problems that are particularly prevalent in this demographic. By 2050 a quarter of the UK population will be aged 65 and over, with the greatest population increases being seen in the octogenarian and older categories. Investigating thermal comfort in the over 65 demographic is key to ensuring that older people are able to stay healthy and comfortable in their homes. To date, thermal comfort models are based on working age populations habiting office buildings throughout a working day. This paper seeks to validate how suitable current thermal comfort models are in predicting comfort levels of older people in their homes. In this study indoor temperature data from 30 homes occupied by people aged 65 and over, together with thermal comfort data was collected during the measurement period November 2016 to March 2017. This data enabled the theoretical outputs from Fanger’s model to be correlated with the measured temperatures to validate the model.
KW - Ageing Population
KW - Fanger
KW - Temperature Monitoring
KW - Thermal Comfort
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086567877&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Chapter in a published conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85086567877
T3 - PLEA 2018 - Smart and Healthy within the Two-Degree Limit: Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture
SP - 849
EP - 854
BT - PLEA 2018 - Smart and Healthy within the Two-Degree Limit
A2 - Ng, Edward
A2 - Fong, Square
A2 - Ren, Chao
PB - School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Y2 - 10 December 2018 through 12 December 2018
ER -
