Ensuring occupants' thermal comfort and work performance is one of the primary objectives
for building environment conditioning systems. In recent years, there emerged many …

Personal comfort systems (PCSs) that are energy efficient have been widely used indoors to
improve occupant thermal comfort and acceptability under a variety of thermo-hygrometric …

This paper discusses a spectrum of systems that cool or heat occupants personally, termed
'personal comfort systems'(PCS), in order to quantify their ability to produce comfort in …

The building industry nowadays is facing two major challenges–the increased concern for
energy reduction and the growing need for comfort improvements. These challenges have …

Traditionally, less focus has been given to comfort evaluations in residential buildings
compared to commercial buildings. Despite having an increased level of control relative to …

In a progressively ageing society, providing thermally comfortable environments for the
elderly has received attention from academics and practitioners. Thermal comfort models lay …

A three-part series presents the development of models for predicting the local thermal
sensation (Part I) and local comfort (Part II) of different parts of the human body, and also the …

A three-part series presents the development of models for predicting the local thermal
sensation (Part I) and local thermal comfort (Part II) of different parts of the human body, and …

The ability to measure occupants' thermal state in real time will enable major advances in
the control of air conditioning systems. This study proposes predicting occupant thermal …

Thermal comfort is critical for ensuring the health and productivity of occupants and knowing
their thermal demand could help creat a satisfying environment with the least energy waste …