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Thermal comfort in buildings is quantified in terms of a Predicted Mean Vote (PMV). Describe in detail the heat and moisture transfer mechanisms (e.g. conduction, convection, radiation and evaporation) performed by the human body’s thermoregulatory system needed to maintain an environmental PMV value of ±0.5.

Thermal comfort in buildings is quantified in terms of a Predicted Mean Vote (PMV). Describe in detail the heat and moisture transfer mechanisms (e.g. conduction, convection, radiation and evaporation) performed by the human body’s thermoregulatory system needed to maintain an environmental PMV value of ±0.5.

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Thermal comfort in buildings is quantified in terms of a Predicted Mean
Vote (PMV). Describe in detail the heat and moisture transfer
mechanisms (e.g. conduction, convection, radiation and evaporation)
performed by the human body’s thermoregulatory system needed to
maintain an environmental PMV value of ±0.5.

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