Preference for the Thermal Environment by the Elderly
- 1 February 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- Vol. 11 (1) , 37-41
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001872086901100106
Abstract
On the basis of the responses of 64 elderly subjects (mean age 75 years) to two questionnaires, temperatures from 32° F to 110° F were classified as cooler-than-comfortable, comfortable, and warmer-than-comfortable. The distribution of comfortable temperatures agree with experimentally derived findings on college-age and middle-aged adults with the mean, median, and modal values falling within the ASHRAE Thermal Comfort Standard 55-66. The results conflict with the criterion stated in the ASHRAE Handbook (1967) that persons over the age of 40 prefer a temperature for comfort of 1° ET higher than that desired by persons below this age.Keywords
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