Thermal comfort evaluated for combinations of energy-efficient personal heating and cooling devices

• Published in: Building and environment Vol. 143; no. C; pp. 206 - 216
• Main Authors: Luo, Maohui, Arens, Edward, Zhang, Hui, Ghahramani, Ali, Wang, Zhe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2018; Elsevier BV; Elsevier
• Subjects: Ambient temperature; Body parts; Building energy saving; Cooling; Corrective power (CP); Design standards; Devices; Energy conservation; Energy efficiency; Energy management; Heated and cooled chair; Heating; Local heating/cooling; personal comfort system (PCS); Power management; Quantum theory; Thermal comfort; Thermodynamics; personal comfort system (PCS); Thermal comfort; Corrective power (CP); Building energy saving; Local heating/cooling; Heated and cooled chair

Personal comfort systems (PCS) have potential to fulfill building occupants' personal thermal comfort preferences with great efficiency. But to integrate them into building conditioning, there must be a broader selection of PCS devices available. Design guidance and standards are needed to assu...