This paper reviews the most used thermal comfort models and indicators with their variants,
discussing their usage in control problems referring to energy management in indoor …

The current indoor thermal comfort standards and guidelines for hospital wards in the tropics
may be insufficient for maintaining thermal comfort for occupants and ensuring energy …

Because the thermal environment affects both physical and psychological health, the issue
of maintaining comfort in hospital is vital. For assessing the hospital indoor environment, it is …

A field study on thermal comfort assessment was carried out in a large-scale hospital in a
tropical climate. To evaluate thermal comfort, both subjective and objective measurements …

Hospital energy consumption is relatively high, while saving energy and reducing cost
comprise one of the most important challenges considered by the majority of building …

Works on the optimization of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems have
been done extensively because of its high amount of building electrical energy usage. This …

A field study on assessing thermal comfort has been performed on one of the large-scale
hospitals in Malaysia, a country where the climate is classified as hot-humid. The main …

People spend about 90% of their time indoors, so a comfort indoor thermal environment is
essential for the satisfaction, productivity and well-being of the building occupants …

Currently, the indoor thermal environment design standards in Chinese hospitals are based
on the thermal comfort of healthy individuals, without considering the different thermal needs …

The viable solution to the high latent load that naturally occurs in tropical regions requires an
alternative system that runs at relatively low energy consumption yet be able to provide …