Banca de DEFESA: MIRIAM DE FARIAS PANET

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : MIRIAM DE FARIAS PANET
DATA : 23/11/2018
HORA: 13:30
LOCAL: Sala de aula do LABCON/CT/UFRN
TÍTULO:

A COMFORTABLE FUTURE: predictive modeling of the thermal sensation of elderly people in the semiarid region of Paraíba.

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Elderly people, Thermal sensation, Semi-Arid, Residential Architecture

PÁGINAS: 250
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
ÁREA: Arquitetura e Urbanismo
RESUMO:

The thermal sensation of elderly people in their home environment has not been explored much in Brazil. Most studies focus on the thermal comfort of young people. However, the number of elderly people is growing in many countries, and in Brazil this population is estimated to more than triple by 2050 in relation to 2010, which will mean 29.75% of the entire Brazilian population. The ageing of the human body entails a number of physiological changes that impair the body's thermal regulation mechanisms and exert a negative influence over the individual's thermal sensation. In hot climates regions, extreme heat may have an impact on the health of this population, who are exposed to aggravating risks of hyperthermia and dehydration. Our objective is to build a predictive model to determine the index of thermal comfort for the elderly in a hot climate zone, taking into account their perception of weather variations in the city of Campina Grande city, situated in Paraíba State, Brazil. For that purpose, an experimental study was carried out between April and December 2016 with 340 not bedridden, healthy people aged over 60 inside their homes, in the subject city located in the semi-arid region of the State of Paraíba.  The analytical study was based on inferential statistical analyses, and the responses of the sample units (elderly people) to thermal sensation categories (hot, comfortable and cold) were transformed in Probit estimations to elaborate thermal sensation graphs and determine thermal comfort parameters. Then, by applying the statistical technique of multivariate analysis (canonical correlation analysis) the thermal comfort index for elderly people (TCIEP) was determined. The results confirmed the hypothesis that elderly people are more sensitive to cold and more tolerant to heat in hot climate regions.  Finally, it was concluded that the TCIEP represents, with a 95% confidence level, the thermal sensation behavior of elderly people in the city of Campina Grande.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 347627 - VIRGINIA MARIA DANTAS DE ARAUJO
Interno - 1454154 - ALDOMAR PEDRINI
Externo ao Programa - 2090691 - JULIANA MARIA GAZZOLA
Externo à Instituição - ANTÔNIO SOUTO COUTINHO - UFPB
Externo à Instituição - LEONARDO MARQUES MONTEIRO - USP