[HTML][HTML] Humans-as-a-sensor for buildings—intensive longitudinal indoor comfort models

P Jayathissa, M Quintana, M Abdelrahman, C Miller - Buildings, 2020 - mdpi.com
Evaluating and optimising human comfort within the built environment is challenging due to
the large number of physiological, psychological and environmental variables that affect …

Is your clock-face cozie? A smartwatch methodology for the in-situ collection of occupant comfort data

P Jayathissa, M Quintana, T Sood… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Labelled human comfort data can be a valuable resource in optimising the built
environment, and improving the wellbeing of individual occupants. The acquisition of …

Personal comfort models–A new paradigm in thermal comfort for occupant-centric environmental control

J Kim, S Schiavon, G Brager - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Personalized human comfort in indoor building environments under diverse conditioning modes

D Li, CC Menassa, VR Kamat - Building and Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
In practice, building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are essentially
set at nominal levels according to industry guidelines. However, several studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Human physiology for personal thermal comfort-based HVAC control–A review

DI Bogatu, J Shinoda, JJ Aguilera, BW Olesen… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Standardized methods for thermal comfort assessment already exist, namely the predicted
mean vote (PMV) and the adaptive comfort model, both valid for groups of people. To …

Assessing occupants' personal attributes in relation to human perception of environmental comfort: Measurement procedure and data analysis

I Pigliautile, S Casaccia, N Morresi, M Arnesano… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The assessment of occupants' wellbeing and productivity impact on building energy
management is becoming a key topic in recent years due to increasing performance of the …

Personal comfort models based on a 6‐month experiment using environmental parameters and data from wearables

F Tartarini, S Schiavon, M Quintana, C Miller - Indoor air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Personal thermal comfort models are a paradigm shift in predicting how building occupants
perceive their thermal environment. Previous work has critical limitations related to the …

[HTML][HTML] A novel methodology for human thermal comfort decoding via physiological signals measurement and analysis

SA Mansi, I Pigliautile, M Arnesano, AL Pisello - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Personal comfort models (PCM) represent the most promising paradigm for human-centric
thermal comfort in buildings. Several data sources can be used to generate a PCM …

Targeting occupant feedback using digital twins: Adaptive spatial–temporal thermal preference sampling to optimize personal comfort models

MM Abdelrahman, C Miller - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Collecting intensive longitudinal thermal preference data from building occupants is
emerging as an innovative means of characterizing the performance of buildings and the …

Thermal comfort modeling when personalized comfort systems are in use: Comparison of sensing and learning methods

A Aryal, B Becerik-Gerber - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Centralized HVAC systems are usually unable to cater to individual requirements when
multiple occupants are present in the same zone. Personalized Comfort Systems (PCS) …