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 …

Thermal comfort and energy performance of personal comfort systems (PCS): A systematic review and meta-analysis

W Song, Z Zhang, Z Chen, F Wang, B Yang - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Personal comfort systems: A review on comfort, energy, and economics

R Rawal, M Schweiker, OB Kazanci, V Vardhan… - Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Conventional heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems are designed to
condition the entire building volume. In contrast, Personal Comfort Systems (PCS) target …

Learning-Based personal models for joint optimization of thermal comfort and energy consumption in flexible workplaces

M Deng, B Fu, CC Menassa, VR Kamat - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to distinct preferences across individuals, a large proportion of people are not satisfied
with the thermal environments of their workplaces. Although recent studies have …

Review of peak load management strategies in commercial buildings

D Darwazeh, J Duquette, B Gunay, I Wilton… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Peak load management strategies are useful to commercial building operators for saving on
energy costs and also to electricity grid operators for helping to balance power supply and …

Green production of airport terminals considering carbon footprint and indoor air quality: A multi-objective optimization perspective

SH Xiong, X Xiong, G Li, W Pedrycz, M Deveci… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The escalating carbon emissions from global civil aviation, exceeding 70% of the
International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) forecasted levels between 2013 and 2019 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal comfort and energy efficiency evaluation of a novel conductive-radiative Personal Comfort System

R Rugani, M Bernagozzi, M Picco, G Salvadori… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Personal Comfort Systems (PCSs) create a localized comfort situation satisfying
individual needs. These devices have low power consumption, as they focus on local …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of personal comfort systems on whole-body thermal comfort–a systematic review on which body segments to target

W Luo, R Kramer, Y de Kort… - Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Personal comfort systems (PCS) promise individualized thermal comfort, energy-savings
and may even contribute to health by locally heating/cooling specific body segments. To …