Review on occupant-centric thermal comfort sensing, predicting, and controlling

J Xie, H Li, C Li, J Zhang, M Luo - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Ensuring occupants' thermal comfort and work performance is one of the primary objectives
for building environment conditioning systems. In recent years, there emerged many …

A new thermal comfort model based on physiological parameters for the smart design and control of energy-efficient HVAC systems

G Barone, A Buonomano, C Forzano, GF Giuzio… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Indoor thermal comfort represents a key aspect of building design. The reference standards
do not consider the thermal adaptability of the human body, and HVAC system control …

Nudging the adaptive thermal comfort model

T Parkinson, R De Dear, G Brager - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
The recent release of the largest database of thermal comfort field studies (ASHRAE Global
Thermal Comfort Database II) presents an opportunity to perform a quality assurance …

Generative adversarial network for fault detection diagnosis of chillers

K Yan, A Chong, Y Mo - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Automatic fault detection and diagnosis (AFDD) for chillers has significant impacts on energy
saving, indoor environment comfort and systematic building management. Recent works …

Experimental study and theoretical discussion of dynamic outdoor thermal comfort in walking spaces: Effect of short-term thermal history

Y Xie, X Wang, J Wen, Y Geng, L Yan, S Liu… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chinese urbanites walk approximately 1.2 km on average in each commute. Trees and
buildings can affect pedestrians' perceptions of the thermal environment in walking spaces …

Outdoor thermal comfort and adaptation in severe cold area: A longitudinal survey in Harbin, China

X Chen, P Xue, L Liu, L Gao, J Liu - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
A year-long longitudinal outdoor thermal sensation and comfort survey was conducted in
Harbin, which is located in the severe cold area of China. The survey included …

A review of dynamic thermal comfort influenced by environmental parameters and human factors

H Zhao, W Ji, S Deng, Z Wang, S Liu - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Dynamic thermal comfort refers to the environmental condition with non-constant
parameters, which has attracted more concerns compared with steady-state thermal comfort …

Data-driven thermal comfort model via support vector machine algorithms: Insights from ASHRAE RP-884 database

X Zhou, L Xu, J Zhang, B Niu, M Luo, G Zhou… - Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Many models can predict building occupants' thermal comfort, but their accuracies were not
always perfect due to the limited self-learning and self-correction capability when varying the …

Individual thermal comfort prediction using classification tree model based on physiological parameters and thermal history in winter

Y Wu, H Liu, B Li, R Kosonen, S Wei, J Jokisalo… - Building …, 2021 - Springer
Individual thermal comfort models based on physiological parameters could improve the
efficiency of the personal thermal comfort control system. However, the effect of thermal …

Effects of short-term physiological and psychological adaptation on summer thermal comfort of outdoor exercising people in China

CKC Lam, J Hang, D Zhang, Q Wang, M Ren… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Internal migration from rural to urban areas is prevalent in China. Past studies demonstrated
that thermal adaptation differed among people from various climate regions. However, the …