A systematic review of personal thermal comfort models

LA Martins, V Soebarto, T Williamson - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Personal comfort models have shown to predict specific thermal comfort requirements more
accurately than aggregate models, increasing occupant acceptability and associated energy …

[HTML][HTML] A review on occupancy prediction through machine learning for enhancing energy efficiency, air quality and thermal comfort in the built environment

W Zhang, Y Wu, JK Calautit - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The occupants' presence, activities, and behaviour can significantly impact the building's
performance and energy efficiency. Currently, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning …

Ten questions concerning occupant health in buildings during normal operations and extreme events including the COVID-19 pandemic

M Awada, B Becerik-Gerber, S Hoque, Z O'Neill… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, people spent on average around 90% of their time
indoors. Now more than ever, with work-from-home orders in place, it is crucial that we …

Personal thermal comfort models based on physiological measurements–A design of experiments based review

K Chen, Q Xu, B Leow, A Ghahramani - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Researchers have shown that the physiological-based personal comfort models (PCM) are
capable of addressing individual differences as well as transient thermal comfort. Given that …

The internet of federated things (IoFT)

R Kontar, N Shi, X Yue, S Chung, E Byon… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Things (IoT) is on the verge of a major paradigm shift. In the IoT system of the
future, IoFT, the “cloud” will be substituted by the “crowd” where model training is brought to …

Non-invasive infrared thermography technology for thermal comfort: A review

P Zheng, Y Liu, H Wu, H Wang - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Non-invasive infrared thermography (IRT) technology has emerged as a promising tool for
real-time prediction of thermal comfort and offers a novel approach for controlling heating …

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 …

Development of a back-propagation neural network and adaptive grey wolf optimizer algorithm for thermal comfort and energy consumption prediction and …

L Li, Y Fu, JCH Fung, H Qu, AKH Lau - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems provide a comfortable indoor
thermal environment, but in the process of attaining appropriate indoor thermal comfort …

Performance evaluation of personal thermal comfort models for older people based on skin temperature, health perception, behavioural and environmental variables

LA Martins, V Soebarto, T Williamson - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Personal thermal comfort models hold the promise of a more accurate way to predict thermal
comfort and therefore a more reliable approach for managing indoor thermal environments …

[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 …