Thermal Comfort, Energy and Cost Impacts of PMV Control Considering Individual Metabolic Rate Variations in Residential Building

To date, most of the indoor environment control is based on the dry-bulb air temperature, which is one of the simplified control methods having the limitation to truly represent the thermal comfort of individual occupants. A variety of factors affect the thermal comfort such as dry-bulb air temperat...

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Main Authors: Sung Hyup Hong, Jong Man Lee, Jin Woo Moon, Kwang Ho Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/7/1767