Thermal comfort is fundamental to indoor environmental design and operation as well as
indoor thermal environment evaluation. This paper has reviewed the historic evolution of …

Compared with the static thermal comfort models like predicted mean vote (PMV) model,
adaptive thermal models have a wider range of adaptability. The traditional concept of …

Thermal performance of civil structure has turned out to be a demanding application in civil
engineering and architecture. Thermal comfort (heating, ventilation, air cooling, airtightness …

Abstract The residential Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) system use
around 3/5 of the total energy consumption. Connected thermostats optimize the HVAC …

The use of setpoint temperatures based on adaptive thermal comfort models has been
identified as an efficient energy saving measure in the latest years. The recent studies …

Recent research has looked into the potential for energy savings from adopting setpoint
temperatures based on adaptive comfort. The recently suggested Adaptive-Comfort-Control …

Ventilative cooling is an energy-saving technology to diminish thermal discomfort and
overheating risk of buildings, meanwhile achieving high indoor air quality (IAQ). However …

Educational buildings have a large share and impact on urban development. While research
shows a significant portion of non-industrial energy consumption in these buildings …

Nowadays, evaporatively cooled office buildings commonly observed in dry hot areas in
summer of China. However, few dedicated studies to record the local residents' thermal …

High building energy consumption to guarantee users' thermal comfort has greatly impact
the built environment worldwide. Energy saving strategies based on adaptive comfort …