Occupant Feedback and Control Behavior with a Newly Developed Personalized Environmental Control System (PECS)
Personalized Environmental Control Systems (PECS) allow control over indoor environmental quality (IEQ) parameters of the microclimate around individual occupants. The present study reports on the results of human subject experiments evaluating a prototype of PECS. The tested prototype had heating,...
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| author | Shinoda Jun Bogatu Dragos-Ioan Kazanci Ongun B. Watanabe Futa Kaneko Yosuke Olesen Bjarne W. |
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| description | Personalized Environmental Control Systems (PECS) allow control over indoor environmental quality (IEQ) parameters of the microclimate around individual occupants. The present study reports on the results of human subject experiments evaluating a prototype of PECS. The tested prototype had heating, cooling, and ventilation (air circulation through a filter and an ultraviolet germicidal irradiation component) functions. The objective of the present experiment was to obtain the occupants' subjective responses and physiological parameters such as skin temperature, with and without the use of PECS. The occupants' interaction with the PECS prototype was also observed. Experiments were conducted with 24 university students (12 male and 12 female subjects) over a 5-week period between February and March 2022. Different ambient temperature settings between 18 and 28 °C were tested each week. In each week, subjects participated in two 3-hour sessions, once with PECS and once without it. Subjects with PECS were able to adjust the PECS functions freely throughout the measurements, and the changes they made were recorded in an internal log of the PECS. Subjective responses such as thermal sensation and acceptability were compared with their PECS operation to evaluate the effect of PECS, together with each occupant’s interaction with PECS. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74ae96cd09b840dd97763c539f84d97d2023-06-20T09:03:55ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422023-01-013960104510.1051/e3sconf/202339601045e3sconf_iaqvec2023_01045Occupant Feedback and Control Behavior with a Newly Developed Personalized Environmental Control System (PECS)Shinoda Jun0Bogatu Dragos-Ioan1Kazanci Ongun B.2Watanabe Futa3Kaneko Yosuke4Olesen Bjarne W.5International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy – ICIEE, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of DenmarkInternational Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy – ICIEE, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of DenmarkInternational Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy – ICIEE, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of DenmarkMitsubishi Electric CorporationMitsubishi Electric CorporationInternational Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy – ICIEE, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of DenmarkPersonalized Environmental Control Systems (PECS) allow control over indoor environmental quality (IEQ) parameters of the microclimate around individual occupants. The present study reports on the results of human subject experiments evaluating a prototype of PECS. The tested prototype had heating, cooling, and ventilation (air circulation through a filter and an ultraviolet germicidal irradiation component) functions. The objective of the present experiment was to obtain the occupants' subjective responses and physiological parameters such as skin temperature, with and without the use of PECS. The occupants' interaction with the PECS prototype was also observed. Experiments were conducted with 24 university students (12 male and 12 female subjects) over a 5-week period between February and March 2022. Different ambient temperature settings between 18 and 28 °C were tested each week. In each week, subjects participated in two 3-hour sessions, once with PECS and once without it. Subjects with PECS were able to adjust the PECS functions freely throughout the measurements, and the changes they made were recorded in an internal log of the PECS. Subjective responses such as thermal sensation and acceptability were compared with their PECS operation to evaluate the effect of PECS, together with each occupant’s interaction with PECS.https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2023/33/e3sconf_iaqvec2023_01045.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Shinoda Jun Bogatu Dragos-Ioan Kazanci Ongun B. Watanabe Futa Kaneko Yosuke Olesen Bjarne W. Occupant Feedback and Control Behavior with a Newly Developed Personalized Environmental Control System (PECS) E3S Web of Conferences |
| title | Occupant Feedback and Control Behavior with a Newly Developed Personalized Environmental Control System (PECS) |
| title_full | Occupant Feedback and Control Behavior with a Newly Developed Personalized Environmental Control System (PECS) |
| title_fullStr | Occupant Feedback and Control Behavior with a Newly Developed Personalized Environmental Control System (PECS) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Occupant Feedback and Control Behavior with a Newly Developed Personalized Environmental Control System (PECS) |
| title_short | Occupant Feedback and Control Behavior with a Newly Developed Personalized Environmental Control System (PECS) |
| title_sort | occupant feedback and control behavior with a newly developed personalized environmental control system pecs |
| url | https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2023/33/e3sconf_iaqvec2023_01045.pdf |
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