Thermal comfort in interiors and exteriors of educational space in warm semi-dry climate

Abstract

In the region of El Grullo, Jalisco, Mexico, there are conditions of warm semi-dry climate
and according to a review of the SEMARNAT literature (2010), this type of climate occurs
in 7% of the Mexican territory. This led to a study of thermal comfort in interiors and
exteriors of an educational space. The objective of the research was to estimate the value
of neutrality and the comfort ranges of variables of the thermal environment and of the
user to know the sensation and thermal perception of its occupants. A descriptive, nonexperimental
and cross-sectional methodology was used, after a bioclimatic diagnosis. For this, 300 questionnaires were applied for inhabitants and thermal environment in the hot and cold period. Pearson’s correlation was used to know the significant association between meteorological and ordinal variables. The results of the study indicate that in the area of thermal sensation in statistical terms there is a significant association of moderate level with the variable of dry bulb temperature, black globe temperature and weak level with relative humidity. Likewise, the temperature tolerance was significant at a weak level with the black globe temperature and solar radiation.