The implications of real-time and wearable technology use for occupational heat stress: A scoping review

Safety Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 177, P. 106600 - 106600

Published: July 4, 2024

Heat-related illnesses persist as an occupational health management challenge. The science community recognizes increasing global temperatures and related impacts. Occupational settings such construction, agriculture, firefighting, hazardous waste operations, factory workers are most susceptible to heat-related incidents. We used established scoping review framework guidelines for developing the protocol, conducting research, reporting results. This provides overview of common wearable real-time technologies assess heat stress risk, well their use in existing research. adds literature by offering commercially available devices, identifying relevant device usage, describing validation studies associated with devices. Despite improving solutions, require thoughtful consideration accuracy, validity, worker interaction evidence synthesized this highlights key implementation strategies practical considerations guide future explorations evolving field. Moving forward, we must continue prioritize research cross-industry collaboration harness full potential technology promoting safety.

Language: Английский

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Mechanism underlying the influence of humidity on thermal comfort and stress under mimicked working conditions

Physiology & Behavior, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 285, P. 114653 - 114653

Published: Aug. 3, 2024

Thermal comfort in an office impacts physical health, stress, and productivity. Humidity affects thermal comfort; however, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. This study assessed influence of humidity on body temperature, comfort, their relationship working individuals. Thirteen participants performed three sets 20-min calculation tasks followed by a 10-min rest 26 °C or 33 with relative (RH) 30 % 60 %. Core temperature (T

Language: Английский

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Associations and burdens of relative humidity with cause-specific mortality in three Chinese cities

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 30(2), P. 3512 - 3526

Published: Aug. 10, 2022

Language: Английский

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Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Joint Optimization Control of Indoor Temperature and Relative Humidity in Office Buildings

Buildings, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(2), P. 438 - 438

Published: Feb. 4, 2023

Indoor temperature and relative humidity control in office buildings is crucial, which can affect thermal comfort, work efficiency, even health of the occupants. In China, fan coil units (FCUs) are widely used as air-conditioning equipment buildings. Currently, conventional FCU methods often ignore impact indoor on building occupants by focusing only a single object. This study FCUs with fresh-air system an Beijing research object proposed deep reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm to adjust air supply volume for FCUs. To improve joint satisfaction rate humidity, RL adopted Q-network algorithm. train algorithm, detailed simulation environment model was established Transient System Simulation Tool (TRNSYS), including model. The interact agent real time through self-developed TRNSYS–Python co-simulation platform. trained, tested, evaluated based results indicate that compared traditional on/off rule-based controllers, this increase 12.66% 9.5%, respectively. provides preliminary direction strategy heating, ventilation, (HVAC) systems.

Language: Английский

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How humidity and CO2 affect the sleep of older adults? —Insights for improving sleep quality through environmental control

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 112628 - 112628

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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