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 …

Personal thermal management techniques for thermal comfort and building energy saving

Z Ma, D Zhao, C She, Y Yang, R Yang - Materials Today Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
Personal thermal management (PTM) technologies, which establish local thermal envelope
around human body instead of cooling/heating the entire building space, have great …

A review of studies and modelling of solar radiation on human thermal comfort in outdoor environment

Y Ji, J Song, P Shen - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal environment influences human thermal comfort significantly when people have
outdoor activities. Four environmental parameters determine outdoor thermal comfort, which …

Test rooms to study human comfort in buildings: A review of controlled experiments and facilities

AL Pisello, I Pigliautile, M Andargie, C Berger… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Occupants' comfort perception affects building energy consumptions. To improve the
understanding of human comfort, which is crucial to reduce energy demand, laboratory …

Energy and comfort performance of occupant-centric air conditioning strategy in office buildings with personal comfort devices

J Zhang, X Zhou, S Lei, M Luo - Building Simulation, 2022 - Springer
The personal comfort system (PCS) aims to meet individual thermal comfort demands
efficiently to achieve higher thermal comfort satisfaction while reducing air conditioning …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 and green housing: a review of relevant literature

A Kaklauskas, N Lepkova, S Raslanas, I Vetloviene… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review presents an analysis of three hypotheses. The articles provide a specific
perspective on green housing before, during, and post COVID-19. The validations of these …

[HTML][HTML] Creating alliesthesia in cool environments using personal comfort systems

Y He, T Parkinson, E Arens, H Zhang, N Li… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Personal Comfort Systems (PCS) promise to reduce the energy needed to condition
indoor environments, while also enhancing their occupants' thermal pleasure. To explore …

A systematic review of research on personal thermal comfort using infrared technology

Y Wu, J Zhao, B Cao - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Personal thermal comfort studies are crucial for balancing both human comfort and building
energy savings. Thus, personal comfort models (PCMs) are expected to play a pivotal role in …

User-centered environmental control: a review of current findings on personal conditioning systems and personal comfort models

M André, R De Vecchi, R Lamberts - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Personal conditioning systems (PCS) enable increased thermal comfort and acceptability
conditions in a wider temperature range, resulting in energy savings. Many studies analysed …

The impact of personal environmental control on the performance of thermal systems: Building energy consumption, occupant thermal comfort, and productivity

K Xie, M Lee, R Khalid, VG Zakka - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Personal environmental control (PEC) is an energy-saving approach that empowers
occupants with the freedom to regulate the indoor thermal environment, ensuring comfort …