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 …

Building envelope design: Multi-objective optimization to minimize energy consumption, global cost and thermal discomfort. Application to different Italian climatic …

F Ascione, N Bianco, GM Mauro, DF Napolitano - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The paper proposes a multi-objective optimization approach to address the energy design of
the building envelope. A genetic algorithm (GA) is implemented by means of the coupling …

Experimental and numerical analysis of the autoignition behavior of NH3 and NH3/H2 mixtures at high pressure

L Dai, S Gersen, P Glarborg, H Levinsky… - Combustion and flame, 2020 - Elsevier
Measurements of autoignition delay times of NH 3 and NH 3/H 2 mixtures in a rapid
compression machine are reported at pressures from 20–75 bar and temperatures in the …

Comparing machine learning algorithms in predicting thermal sensation using ASHRAE Comfort Database II

M Luo, J Xie, Y Yan, Z Ke, P Yu, Z Wang, J Zhang - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Predicting building occupants' thermal comfort via machine learning (ML) is a hot research
topic. Many algorithms and data processing methods have been applied to predict thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Fundamentals, materials and strategies for personal thermal management by next-generation textiles

AS Farooq, P Zhang - Composites Part A: Applied Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heat stress affects personal health and curtails work productivity, resulting in adversely
influencing the entire economy. With global warming and expected climate change, 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) …

High-density thermal sensitivity maps of the human body

M Luo, Z Wang, H Zhang, E Arens, D Filingeri… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract 'Personal comfort systems' and thermally active clothing are able to warm and cool
individual building occupants by transferring heat directly to and from their body surfaces …

Thermal comfort performance and energy-efficiency evaluation of six personal heating/cooling devices

Y Tang, H Yu, K Zhang, K Niu, H Mao, M Luo - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Personal Comfort Systems (PCS) have the potential to improve individual thermal
satisfaction and reduce energy consumption in buildings, but guidance on their application …

Thermoelectric air conditioning undergarment for personal thermal management and HVAC energy saving

L Lou, D Shou, H Park, D Zhao, YS Wu, X Hui… - Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Personal thermal management systems (PTMS) are highly desirable for improving individual
thermal comfort and reducing indoor HVAC energy consumption. Although there have been …