Labelled human comfort data can be a valuable resource in optimising the built
environment, and improving the wellbeing of individual occupants. The acquisition of …

Evaluating and optimising human comfort within the built environment is challenging due to
the large number of physiological, psychological and environmental variables that affect …

Collecting intensive longitudinal thermal preference data from building occupants is
emerging as an innovative means of characterizing the performance of buildings and the …

Ambient factors such as temperature, lighting, and air quality influence occupants'
productivity and behavior. Although these factors are regulated by industry standards and …

Despite substantial evidence emphasising the diversity in thermal comfort perception,
conventional models like the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) index tend to overlook personal …

This paper presents and evaluates a prototype smartphone/server software service entitled
the Occupant Mobile Gateway (OMG), developed to collect and analyze real-time occupant …

In practice, building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are essentially
set at nominal levels according to industry guidelines. However, several studies have …

Optimizing comfort for occupants and its related energy use is becoming more important.
Presently, however, heating ventilation air-conditioning (HVAC) system installations often do …

There is an increasing number of recent studies about personalized thermal preferences
and controls in office buildings. Data collection from occupants in real buildings is necessary …

Previous studies show differences in thermal comfort among individual occupants and
suggest solutions that incorporate building occupants in sensing and control frameworks …