PET Body Parameters
Create a set of parameters that define the body characteristics for the PET model.
These parameters can be plugged into any of the components that compute PET thermal comfort.
- age
The age of the human subject in years. (Default: 36 years for middle age of the average worldwide life expectancy).
- sex
A value between 0 and 1 to indicate the sex of the human subject, which influences the computation of basal metabolism. 0 indicates male. 1 indicates female and any number in between denotes a weighted average between the two. (Default: 0.5).
- height
The height of the human subject in meters. Average male height is around 1.75m while average female height is 1.55m. (Default: 1.65m for a worldwide average between male and female height).
- body_mass
The body mass of the human subject in kilograms. (Default: 62 kg for the worldwide average adult human body mass).
- posture
A text string indicating the posture of the body. Letters must be lowercase. Default is "standing". Choose from the following:
* standing
* seated
* crouching
- humid_acclim
A boolean to note whether the human subject is acclimated to a humid/tropical climate (True) or is acclimated to a temperate climate (False). When True, the categories developed by Lin and Matzarakis (2008) will be used to assess comfort instead of the original categories developed by Matzarakis and Mayer (1996).
- pet_par
A PET comfort parameter object that can be plugged into any of the components that compute PET thermal comfort.
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