Multifunctional wearable thermoelectrics for personal thermal management

L Li, WD Liu, Q Liu, ZG Chen - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the ever‐increasing demand for wearable electronics and energy‐saving technologies,
self‐powered thermoelectric personal thermal management (PTM) has attracted extensive …

Emerging materials and strategies for personal thermal management

R Hu, Y Liu, S Shin, S Huang, X Ren… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this decade, the demands of energy saving and diverse personal thermoregulation
requirements along with the emergence of wearable electronics and smart textiles give rise …

[HTML][HTML] Natural ventilation in warm climates: The challenges of thermal comfort, heatwave resilience and indoor air quality

T Ahmed, P Kumar, L Mottet - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
In buildings, energy is primarily consumed by mechanical air conditioning systems. Low
energy alternatives, such as natural ventilation, are needed. However, they need to be able …

Occupant productivity and office indoor environment quality: A review of the literature

Y Al Horr, M Arif, A Kaushik, A Mazroei… - Building and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to review the existing literature to draw an understanding of the
relationship between indoor environmental quality and occupant productivity in an office …

How indoor environmental quality affects occupants' cognitive functions: A systematic review

C Wang, F Zhang, J Wang, JK Doyle, PA Hancock… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cognitive functions refer to the set of brain-based skills to execute tasks of various difficulty
levels. As people spend substantial time indoors, the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of indoor environmental quality on occupant well-being and comfort: A review of the literature

M Arif, M Katafygiotou, A Mazroei, A Kaushik… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and its effect on occupant well-being and comfort is an
important area of study. This paper presents a state of the art study through extensive review …

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) methods in the prediction of thermal comfort in buildings: Energy implications of AI-based thermal comfort controls

J Ngarambe, GY Yun, M Santamouris - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Buildings consume about 40% of globally-produced energy. A notable amount of this energy
is used to provide sufficient comfort levels to the building occupants. Moreover, given recent …

Thermal comfort and building energy consumption implications–a review

L Yang, H Yan, JC Lam - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Buildings account for about 40% of the global energy consumption and contribute over 30%
of the CO 2 emissions. A large proportion of this energy is used for thermal comfort in …

Towards sustainable, energy-efficient and healthy ventilation strategies in buildings: A review

B Chenari, JD Carrilho, MG Da Silva - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Energy demand has been increasing worldwide and the building sector represents a large
percentage of global energy consumption. Therefore, promoting energy efficiency in …

A review of thermal comfort models and indicators for indoor environments

D Enescu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the most used thermal comfort models and indicators with their variants,
discussing their usage in control problems referring to energy management in indoor …