Reducing the operational energy demand while maintaining a comfortable thermal
environment is an essential approach to achieving energy-efficient buildings. The premise …

Wearing masks to study and work places has become a daily protective measure during the
COVID-19 pandemic. In the summer of 2021, environmental parameters were monitored …

Personal environmental control (PEC) is an energy-saving approach that empowers
occupants with the freedom to regulate the indoor thermal environment, ensuring comfort …

Personal comfort systems (PCS) that warm or cool local body parts promise individual
thermal comfort, energy saving and (metabolic) health in non-neutral thermal environments …

With increasing reliance on daycare centers for early childhood development, ensuring
healthy environments in semi-enclosed baby beds for napping is crucial, given infants' …

The application of skin temperature has significantly contributed to the objective evaluation
of thermal sensation, but its limitations make it only a temporary solution. In scenarios with …

The role of skin temperature as a determinant of human thermal sensation and comfort has
gained increasing recognition, prompting a need for a systematic review. This review …

In this paper, we investigate the feasibility, robustness, and optimization of introducing
personal comfort systems (PCS), apparatuses that promises in energy saving and comfort …

The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a local wearable cooling
solution in improving thermal comfort, emotional state, and cognitive performance. The study …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing masks in public spaces has become a protective
strategy. Field tests and questionnaire surveys were carried out at a university library in …