Complying with the demand of standardization in outdoor thermal comfort: a first approach to the Global Outdoor Comfort Index (GOCI)
Over the past ten years the number of studies regarding outdoor thermal comfort has been progressively increasing. However, the existing works are characterized by a certain variety of instruments and methods. An example can be found in the indexes and evaluation scales used to estimate thermal perception. This is why this paper proposes the Global Outdoor Comfort Index (GOCI), which is obtained thanks to the combination of the empirical relations provided by the existing literature.