This work examines the applicability of comfort criteria, based on a heat balance model and on anadaptive model, in naturally ventilated classrooms. The adaptive opportunity of students are limitedduring the lesson time, while they are free during the lesson breaks. The field study was conducted byphysical observations, survey questionnaires and behavioral observations. Both field measurementsand subjective surveys were performed at the same time during the regular lesson period.
Being the largest energy consumer, building sector represents a major stake for the actualenvironmental concerns. So far, building thermal comfort standards are based on static models thatdont account for the interaction between occupants and their living places. The adaptive approach of the thermal comfort has the advantage to be more comprehensive and realistic, and its application would result in energy saving in buildings. Recently, an Adaptive Control Algorithm ACA and an Adaptive Comfort Standard ACS have been developed on the adaptive approach.
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