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Table 3.2 Terms of the canonical equation of adaptive models according to
several studies

Author and
year

a f ( T ext ) b Range of

applicability

0.33 a) 18.8 a)

(CEN, 2007) Exponentially weighted

running mean outdoor
air temperature

f ( T ext ) ∈ [10,
30] °C

0.3 1 a) 17.8 a) (ANSI/

ASHRAE, 2004)

Monthly mean outdoor
air temperature

f ( T ext ) ∈ [10,
33.5] °C

0.315 c)
0.34 a)

17.82 c)
17.63 a)

(Fato,
Martellotta, and
Chiancarella,
2004)

Exponentially weighted
running mean outdoor
air temperature

f ( T ext ) ∈ [5,
30] °C

0.302 a) Exponentially weighted
running mean outdoor
air temperature

19.39 a) f ( T ext )>10 °C (Nicol and

McCartney,
2001) 1)

0.54 a) 13.5 a) (Humphreys

and Nicol,
2000)

Monthly mean outdoor
air temperature

f ( T ext ) ∈ [10,
30] °C

0.36 c) 18.5 c) (Nicol et al. ,

1999)

Historical monthly
mean outdoor
temperature

f ( T ext ) ∈ [5,
35] °C

0.255 a)
0.04 b)

18.9 a)
22.6 b)

(de Dear and
Brager, 1998)

Monthly mean outdoor
effective temperature
( ET * )

f ( T ext ) ∈ [5,
32] °C

0.38 b) 17.0 b) (Nicol and Roaf,

1996)

Monthly mean outdoor
air temperature of the
previous month

f ( T ext ) ∈ (5,
35) °C

0.534 b) Exponentially weighted
running mean outdoor
air temperature

12.9 b) (Nicol and

Humphreys,
1995)

N.d.