Avaliação do conforto térmico das salas de aula do bloco C da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná campus Toledo

Abstract

Thermal comfort, whose evaluation is a psychophysiological process, aims to adapt the environment, in order to provide better conditions of safety, performance, health and well-being. This research aimed the determination of thermal comfort indices, based on the field research, which was developed in an academic environment, at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Campus Toledo, in which two of the main environmental variables were collected: ambient temperature and relative humidity in air, totaling 1500 data collected. Regarding the collected data, it is possible to evaluate the thermal performance of classrooms, both in general and individual ways, in addition to the classification based on the season of the year. The analysis proceeded over statistical data analysis, which were compared to the methodology proposed in the regulatory norm. The research presented as well a correlation between the ambient temperature and the external temperature, also collected within the University campus, to make possible the development of a model that characterized the relation among them. In the modeling, the result of the equation leaded to a r² (coefficient of determination) of 0.90, which is quite close to one, indicating that the total variation was common to both elements, thus validating the regression.