Personal thermal management (PTM) technologies, which establish local thermal envelope
around human body instead of cooling/heating the entire building space, have great …

This paper presented a review of the literature on the human thermal comfort model, which
can be employed to predict the response of a human towards the environmental …

Personal thermal management systems (PTMS) are highly desirable for improving individual
thermal comfort and reducing indoor HVAC energy consumption. Although there have been …

This study investigates the effect of local floor heating mats on the thermal comfort of workers
in cold environments. Experiments were performed with two sizes of floor heating mats …

Under the trend of energy saving and carbon reduction, reducing household energy
consumption, which is an important part of social energy consumption, has become a hot …

The indoor thermal environment is usually non-uniformly distributed in parameters such as
temperature and velocity. For precise control of indoor environment, it is necessary to figure …

Heating demand has increased dramatically in winter in southern China. Foot heating pad,
as a personal comfort system device enables to improve occupants' thermal comfort in …

As an important factor in indoor human thermal comfort, the wind is investigated in the
present study using a fully validated human body-environment interface model based on …

The potential of personal cooling technologies in reducing air conditioning energy
consumption and enhancing human thermal comfort is substantial. This review focuses on …

A good practice of the personal comfort system is to extend acceptable comfort zones and
achieve energy savings in buildings; while quite few studies look into the use of local …