Conceptual Design of a Collective Energy-Efficient Physiologically-Controlled System for Thermal Comfort Delivery in an Office Environment
Despite their high energy consumption, office thermal comfort delivery mechanisms perform poorly. The recently enacted environmental protection policies, which require a significant cutback in greenhouse gas emission, can only exacerbate this situation because, given the limitations of current therm...
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| author | Kizito Nkurikiyeyezu Yuta Suzuki Pierre Maret Guillaume Lopez Kiyoshi Itao |
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| description | Despite their high energy consumption, office thermal comfort delivery mechanisms perform poorly. The recently enacted environmental protection policies, which require a significant cutback in greenhouse gas emission, can only exacerbate this situation because, given the limitations of current thermal comfort provision technologies, a reduction in energy would translate into an increased thermal discomfort in offices. Hence, this dilemma entails alternative thermal comfort delivery systems that provide higher quality thermal comfort at lower energy. This paper proposes to use physiologically-controlled thermal comfort controllers to achieve this. It also discusses advantages of this novel approach, highlights potential unobtrusive thermal comfort biomarkers, and presents the necessary steps in designing such systems. Finally, the paper briefly discusses some of our preliminary results that showcase the feasibility of such a system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bf43ecaafd6543e89a4cc772936c142b2023-10-12T13:43:55ZengTaylor & Francis GroupSICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration1884-99702018-07-0111431232010.9746/jcmsi.11.31212103222Conceptual Design of a Collective Energy-Efficient Physiologically-Controlled System for Thermal Comfort Delivery in an Office EnvironmentKizito Nkurikiyeyezu0Yuta Suzuki1Pierre Maret2Guillaume Lopez3Kiyoshi Itao4Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin UniversityGraduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin UniversityUniversité de Lyon, UJM-Saint-Étienne, CNRS, Laboratoire Hubert Curien - UMRGraduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin UniversityThe University of TokyoDespite their high energy consumption, office thermal comfort delivery mechanisms perform poorly. The recently enacted environmental protection policies, which require a significant cutback in greenhouse gas emission, can only exacerbate this situation because, given the limitations of current thermal comfort provision technologies, a reduction in energy would translate into an increased thermal discomfort in offices. Hence, this dilemma entails alternative thermal comfort delivery systems that provide higher quality thermal comfort at lower energy. This paper proposes to use physiologically-controlled thermal comfort controllers to achieve this. It also discusses advantages of this novel approach, highlights potential unobtrusive thermal comfort biomarkers, and presents the necessary steps in designing such systems. Finally, the paper briefly discusses some of our preliminary results that showcase the feasibility of such a system.http://dx.doi.org/10.9746/jcmsi.11.312personalized thermal comfortenergy efficient designhuman-centered designbuilding energy-saving technologies |
| spellingShingle | Kizito Nkurikiyeyezu Yuta Suzuki Pierre Maret Guillaume Lopez Kiyoshi Itao Conceptual Design of a Collective Energy-Efficient Physiologically-Controlled System for Thermal Comfort Delivery in an Office Environment SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration personalized thermal comfort energy efficient design human-centered design building energy-saving technologies |
| title | Conceptual Design of a Collective Energy-Efficient Physiologically-Controlled System for Thermal Comfort Delivery in an Office Environment |
| title_full | Conceptual Design of a Collective Energy-Efficient Physiologically-Controlled System for Thermal Comfort Delivery in an Office Environment |
| title_fullStr | Conceptual Design of a Collective Energy-Efficient Physiologically-Controlled System for Thermal Comfort Delivery in an Office Environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conceptual Design of a Collective Energy-Efficient Physiologically-Controlled System for Thermal Comfort Delivery in an Office Environment |
| title_short | Conceptual Design of a Collective Energy-Efficient Physiologically-Controlled System for Thermal Comfort Delivery in an Office Environment |
| title_sort | conceptual design of a collective energy efficient physiologically controlled system for thermal comfort delivery in an office environment |
| topic | personalized thermal comfort energy efficient design human-centered design building energy-saving technologies |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.9746/jcmsi.11.312 |
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