Cognition and climate scienceAlthough nearly all domain experts agree that human CO2 emissions are altering the world's climate, a notable segment of the public appears to reject the scientific evidence. What are the reasons underlying this growing disparity between scientific reality and public perception? Why do people reject scientific evidence? To what extent ...
Thermal comfort in buildings has traditionally been measured solely by temperature. While other methods such as Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) are available for measuring thermal comfort, the parameters required for an accurate value are overly complicated to obtain and require a great deal of sensory input. In this talk, we ...