IMPACT STATEMENT

Impact Statement



Impact Statement

The final project is aimed at researching critical issues related to how human skin responds both subjectively and physiologically to varying thermal environments. The human response is also adjudged with respect to changes in temperature to those environments. Relevant academic researches has been thoroughly analyzed with respect to their strengths and weaknesses on the concerned topic. Furthermore, opportunities in regards to future researches on the subject will also be outlined. Finally, threats juxtaposed by different researches would be considered in amalgam to differentiate and factorize potential threats posed on the research area in focus (Arens, 2006).

Through literature assessment it has been determined that the Berkeley Comfort Model is validated. Thus, it can be utilized for developing simulation programs in thermal comfort evaluation (Tanabe, 1995). Though, it is also argued by other scholars that the model is not precise in recording subjective responses of the body to uniform thermal environments (Arens et.al, 2006, pp. 60-66). Another research also stipulated that the subjective response of the human body is stable in uniform thermal environments (Wang et.al, 2007).The research methodology used to reach such conclusions utilized 109 human subject tests at the University of California (Arens, 2006).

Another research provisioned a new model to predict thermal sensation in non-uniform thermal environments. The research employed a methodology that assessed on the basis of 64 tests in automobile in both hot and cold weather. This measure helped cover a large temperature range between -23° and 43° C. The focus of study was done to observe subjective responses on human skin. Physiological responses to thermal temperature changes were not considered (Huizenga et.al, 2001, pp. 691-699). A critical research was analyzed for the project. This research aimed at gaining insights on whether all the body segments have sensations in the same direction. If not, than ...