Individual difference in thermal comfort: A literature review

Z Wang, R de Dear, M Luo, B Lin, Y He… - Building and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Human individual differences widely and markedly affect thermal comfort and should be
carefully considered in the design and operation of the built environment. This paper aims to …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of occupants' behaviours on building energy analysis: A research review

E Delzendeh, S Wu, A Lee, Y Zhou - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the past 15 years, the evaluation of energy demand and use in buildings has become
increasingly acute due to growing scientific and political pressure around the world in …

How indoor environmental quality affects occupants' cognitive functions: A systematic review

C Wang, F Zhang, J Wang, JK Doyle, PA Hancock… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cognitive functions refer to the set of brain-based skills to execute tasks of various difficulty
levels. As people spend substantial time indoors, the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) …

Occupant productivity and office indoor environment quality: A review of the literature

Y Al Horr, M Arif, A Kaushik, A Mazroei… - Building and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to review the existing literature to draw an understanding of the
relationship between indoor environmental quality and occupant productivity in an office …

The impacts of occupant behavior on building energy consumption: A review

S Chen, G Zhang, X Xia, Y Chen, S Setunge… - … Energy Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Three main categories of occupant behaviors were summarized for building through this
literature review, including the occupancy, interactions and behavioral efficiency. The results …

Effect of thermal comfort on occupant productivity in office buildings: Response surface analysis

A Kaushik, M Arif, P Tumula, OJ Ebohon - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermal environment is one of the main factors that influence occupants' comfort and their
productivity in office buildings. There is ample research that outlines this relationship …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive thermal comfort model based on field studies in five climate zones across India

R Rawal, Y Shukla, V Vardhan, S Asrani… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Indian residences are vulnerable to heat-driven discomfort amid the mounting prevalence of
weather extremes, residential design and construction practices, and densifying …

The impact of building occupant behavior on energy efficiency and methods to influence it: A review of the state of the art

A Paone, JP Bacher - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Buildings consume a significant amount of energy, estimated at about one-third of total
primary energy resources. Building energy efficiency has turned out to be a major issue in …

A review of the corrective power of personal comfort systems in non-neutral ambient environments

H Zhang, E Arens, Y Zhai - Building and Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper discusses a spectrum of systems that cool or heat occupants personally, termed
'personal comfort systems'(PCS), in order to quantify their ability to produce comfort in …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study of gender differences in thermal comfort and environmental satisfaction in air-conditioned offices in Qatar, India, and Japan

M Indraganti, MA Humphreys - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Gender differences in the assessment of thermal comfort and indoor environmental quality
(IEQ) in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) have not previously been investigated …