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Analysis of indoor human thermal comfort in Pelotas municipality, extreme southern Brazil

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The indoor human thermal comfort (HTC) was investigated in residences located in the Pelotas City, southern Brazil, by the effective temperature index (ETI). In this study, temperature and relative humidity were measured inside 429 houses, located in different regions of Pelotas city, from January 11 to August 27, 2019. Samples were obtained using HOBO data loggers, indoor sensors, installed in different regions of the municipality, in the context of a cohort study of children between 2 and 4 years old and their respective mothers, led by Epidemiological Research Center of the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL). In general, all regions had average hourly values of effective temperature index above the comfort zone in summer and below the comfort zone in the winter. In terms of spatial variability, the indoor HTC was dependent on environmental factors such as lake breeze and indoor behavior factors, such as the use of air conditioning system in the downtown buildings.

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The authors would like to thank the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico (CNPq, Brazilian acronym)) for their financial support through Universal call MCTI/CNPq N. 01/2016 and the entire team and outsourcers involved in the cohort project of the Center for Epidemiological Research of the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL), especially the accelerometry team, for all the logistical support to this work.

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  1. Faculty of Agronomy, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Campus Cerro Largo, Cerro Largo, RS, Brazil

    Anderson Spohr Nedel

  2. Faculty of Meteorology - Federal University of Pelotas - UFPEL, Engenheiro Ildefonso Simões Lopes Avenue, 2751, Pelotas, RS, Brazil

    Marcelo Felix Alonso, Rose Ane Pereira de Freitas, Franciele da Costa Trassante, Henrique Nörnberg da Silva, Emanoela De Bortolli, Marco Antônio Flores de Medeiros, Pedro Curi Hallal & João Carlos Torres Vianna

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Nedel, A.S., Alonso, M.F., de Freitas, R.A.P. et al. Analysis of indoor human thermal comfort in Pelotas municipality, extreme southern Brazil. Int J Biometeorol 65, 419–428 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-02015-7

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