Let Me Go Semi-Outside: A Human-Centric Comparison of Outdoor Comfort Models in a Hot-Humid Semi-Outdoor Environment During Summer and Mid-Season

This study takes an empirical, human-centered approach to the understanding of several outdoor comfort models; PET, OUT_SET*, and UTCI. As part of a larger study to understand the relation between cognition, mood, and comfort in a semi-outdoor space, environmental data have been collected (airspeed, dry bulb temperature, relative humidity, black globe temperature) along with synchronous self-reported comfort surveys while participants are undertaking cognitive tests for approximately 60 minutes. These trials were performed in a semi-outdoor courtyard on a higher education campus between August and November 2024, representing typical summer and mid-season conditions of the local climate (hot and humid, latitude 29°45').