SLEEPING THERMAL COMFORT:
BRIEF REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
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https://doi.org/10.46421/encac.v17i1.4267Keywords:
thermal comfort model, sleep quality, literature review.Abstract
This paper presents a brief literature review on thermal comfort in sleeping environments, focusing on thermal comfort models and neutral temperature. This research is motivated by the limitation of available information about this subject. Thus, this research was conducted to investigate the identifiable scientific production about this subject to identify and analyze what was obtained about sleeping thermal comfort. This study is justified by the importance of the thermal comfort issue in sleeping environments and its relevant repercussions for health. It used a literature review as a method, with an initial search in the Compendex Engineering platform, in addition to the “snowball” technique, which finally covered 25 scientific articles and complementary references. Six thermal comfort models for sleeping environments are presented, and different neutral temperatures vary depending on the bedding system and climate. Despite the absence of a recognized and universally accepted model, it is noticed that there is an improvement process along of model’s development, as well as a growing interest in this subject.
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