Personal thermal management has been a promising technology for improving human body
thermal comfort, which presents great potential in reducing energy consumption. Thermal …

Human individual differences widely and markedly affect thermal comfort and should be
carefully considered in the design and operation of the built environment. This paper aims to …

Develo** functional textiles with a cooling effect is important for personal comfort in
human life and activities. Although existing passive cooling fabrics exhibit promising cooling …

A personal comfort model is a new approach to thermal comfort modeling that predicts an
individual's thermal comfort response, instead of the average response of a large …

Heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems control that takes occupant
information into account is called HVAC occupant-centric control (OCC), which strikes better …

A personal comfort model is an approach to thermal comfort modeling, for thermal
environmental design and control, that predicts an individual's thermal comfort response …

Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems account for almost half of the
energy consumption in buildings. By benefiting from advancements in information and …

Fatigue is one of the factors leading to reduction in productivity, poor quality of work and
increased risk of accidents in construction. Existing established methods of assessing …

Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems have been adopted to create
comfortable, healthy and safe indoor environments. In the control loop, the technical feature …

Thermal comfort is defined as the condition of mind that expresses satisfaction with the
thermal environment and it is assessed by subjective evaluation. Achieving comfortable …