pythermalcomfort 1.0.1

Package to calculate several thermal comfort indices (e.g. PMV, PPD, SET, adaptive) and convert physical variables.

Package to calculate several thermal comfort indices (e.g. PMV, PPD, SET, adaptive) and convert physical variables.

• Free software: MIT license

Installation

pip install pythermalcomfort

You can also install the in-development version with:

pip install https://github.com/CenterForTheBuiltEnvironment/pythermalcomfort/archive/master.zip

Documentation

https://pythermalcomfort.readthedocs.io/

Examples and Tutorials

Examples files on how to use some of the functions

YouTube tutorials playlist

Changelog

1.0.1 (2020-06-11)

• Fixed an error in the bisection equation used to calculated Cooling Effect.

1.0.0 (2020-06-09)

• Major stable release.

0.7.0 (2020-06-09)

• Added equation to calculate the dynamic clothing insulation

0.6.3 (2020-04-11)

• Fixed error in calculation adaptive ASHRAE

• Added some examples

0.6.3 (2020-03-17)

• Renamed function to_calc to t_o

• Fixed error calculation of relative air velocity

• renamed input parameter ta to tdb

• Added function to calculate mean radiant temperature from black globe temperature

• Added function to calculate solar gain on people

• Added functions to calculate vapour pressure, wet-bulb temperature, dew point temperature, and psychrometric data from dry bulb temperature and RH

• Added authors

• Added dictionaries with reference clo and met values

• Added function to calculate enthalpy

0.5.2 (2020-03-11)

• Added function to calculate the running mean outdoor temperature

0.5.1 (2020-03-06)

• There was an error in version 0.4.2 in the calculation of PMV and PPD with elevated air speed, i.e. vr > 0.2 which has been fixed in this version

• Added function to calculate the cooling effect in accordance with ASHRAE

0.4.1 (2020-02-17)

• Removed compatibility with python 2.7 and 3.5

0.4.0 (2020-02-17)

• Created adaptive_EN, v_relative, t_clo, vertical_tmp_gradient, ankle_draft functions and wrote tests.

• Added possibility to decide with measuring system to use SI or IP.

0.3.0 (2020-02-13)

• Created set_tmp, adaptive_ashrae, UTCI functions and wrote tests.

• Added warning to let the user know if inputs entered do not comply with Standards applicability limits.

0.1.0 (2020-02-11)

• Created pmv, pmv_ppd functions and wrote tests.

• Documented code.

0.0.0 (2020-02-11)

• First release on PyPI.