Large office building air conditioning and heating systems are set to comfort ranges defined by industry standards. These outdated thermal sensation models fail to consider an individual’s physiological characteristics and ignore diverse physical conditions, often causing occupants to be “too hot” or “too cold.” In the U.S., thermal dissatisfaction of building occupants is higher than 60%. This also results in office buildings wasting energy and money on over-cooling and over-heating the building. There is a need for an improved air conditioning adjustment system for large office buildings.
USC researchers have developed a data-driven thermal sensation prediction model that takes into consideration varying comfort ranges. This model is based on various factors including occupant skin temperature measurements and their changing rates and has shown 94.4% accuracy in thermal sensation estimation.
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comfort ranges defined
individual’s physiological characteristics
large office buildings
thermal sensation estimation