{"id":391585,"date":"2018-04-26T11:36:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T11:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedpoints.com\/?guid=a563124f69322072948bd7f05ca812b7"},"modified":"2018-04-26T11:36:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T11:36:10","slug":"understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding and Measuring Mean Radiant Temperature"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>Subtitle:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    Mean radiant temperature, a major component of thermal comfort, is easy to measure        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Images:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Ole%20Fanger%202.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of Ole Fanger\" width=\"144\" height=\"173\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%202_6-inch%20MRT%20globe.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of a thermal comfort station\" width=\"144\" height=\"194\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%203_Extech%20ht200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of the Extech HT200 MRT globe\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%204_HG%20MRT%20globe_20180309_174512-800px.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of the Howdy Goudey do-it-yourself MRT globe\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Yost%20-%20Image%205%20-%20MRT.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Illustration by Humphreys of a homemade MRT globe\" width=\"144\" height=\"176\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%206_IMG_6101-800px_0.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of the MRT globe made by Peter Yost\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%207_IMG_3507-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of the test setup\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%208_IMG_8398-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo showing measurement of the temperature of the radiant panel\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%209_IMG_7941-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of Hobo data logger used in the test\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%2010_IMG_2831-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo showing the temperature of the Goudey MRT globe\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%2011_IMG_5080-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo showing temperature reading at Extech HT200\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%2012_IMG_3373-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of the temperature reading on the homemade MRT globe\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%2013_IMG_8710-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo showing the temperature reading after the radiant panel was turned on\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%2014_IMG_9944-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo showing another temperature reading after the radiant panel was turned on\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%2015_IMG_9045-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo showing Extech HT200 reading after the radiant panel was turned on\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All the way back in 1993, one of my first research projects at the <span>NAHB<\/span><span>National Association of Home Builders, which awards a Model Green Home Certification.<\/span> Research Center was assessing the performance of radiant ceiling panels for the Department of Energy&rsquo;s Advanced Housing Technology Program. (The final report was titled  <a href=\"https:\/\/sshcinc.com\/PDF\/enerjoy_case_study.pdf\">&ldquo;An Evaluation of Thermal Comfort and Energy Consumption for the Enerjoy Radiant Panel Heating System.&rdquo;<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/understanding-and-measuring-mean-radiant-temperature\" target=\"_blank\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12913,14883,14884],"class_list":["post-391585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","tag-comfort","tag-mean-radiant-temperature","tag-mrt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}