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Mean Radiant Temperature Sensing: Comparison of Methods for a Non-uniform Radiant Floor Heating

Özbey, Mehmet Furkan  
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Licina, Dusan  
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Meggers, Forrest
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November 23, 2025
Proceedings of the 15th REHVA HVAC World Congress - CLIMA 2025. Volume 1
CLIMA 2025 15th REHVA HVAC World Congress

Non-uniform radiant floor heating is increasingly explored for improving localized and personalized thermal comfort. Accurate mean radiant temperature (Tr) measurement is crucial due to its separation from air temperature (Ta) unlike convective systems. This study evaluates the accuracy of Tr obtained using the globe thermometer versus a novel mini.RES cube sensor and examines the differences between Ta and Tr in non-uniform heating environments. Experiments were conducted in a 62 m3 climatic chamber in Fribourg, Switzerland, with four cases: one without heating, two with non-uniform heating to simulate radiant asymmetry, and one with uniform heating for comparison. Additionally, an uncertainty analysis was performed to evaluate measurement precision for the Tr measurements using the globe thermometer. The results indicate that the globe thermometer method can introduce errors of up to 4% in determining the Tr. Moreover, the uncertainty values for the Tr values were found between 1.60 ℃ and 2.31 ℃. In cases with non-uniform heating available, the Tr was found to vary by more than 2 ℃ than the Ta, highlighting the need to consider Tr separately when assessing thermal comfort. These findings emphasize the error of obtaining the Tr with globe thermometer and the difference between Tr and Ta in non-uniform heating scenarios.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1007/978-3-032-06806-4_72
Author(s)
Özbey, Mehmet Furkan  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Licina, Dusan  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Meggers, Forrest

Princeton University

Khovalyg, Dolaana  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2025-11-23

Publisher

Springer Nature Switzerland

Publisher place

Cham

Published in
Proceedings of the 15th REHVA HVAC World Congress - CLIMA 2025. Volume 1
DOI of the book
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06806-4
ISBN of the book

9783032068057

9783032068064

Total of pages

XXIII, 1033

Series title/Series vol.

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

ISSN (of the series)

2366-2557

2366-2565

Start page

753

End page

761

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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Event nameEvent acronymEvent placeEvent date
CLIMA 2025 15th REHVA HVAC World Congress

CLIMA 2025

Milan, Italy

2025-06-04 - 2025-06-06

Available on Infoscience
December 1, 2025
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/256501
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