Towards a prediction of outdoor human thermal comfort adapted for designers of urban spaces: examining UTCI and APCI in the context of Algiers (Algeria).

The aim of this article is to determine the ability of UTCI (universal thermal climate index) to assess summer micrometeorological comfort in the climatic and sociocultural context of Algiers (Algeria). This widely recognised thermo-physiological index is compared with a subjective index, APCI (average perceived comfort index), based on a definition of comfort established beforehand by the studied population. A new procedure was applied based on "micrometeorological walk" in order to collect objective and subjective experimental data simultaneously.