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Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy
Standard Ashrae
- Vol. 5
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The article was published on 1992-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 5855 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Occupancy.read more
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Estimating the effect of using cool coatings on energy loads and thermal comfort in residential buildings in various climatic conditions
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of using cool roof coatings on cooling and heating loads and the indoor thermal comfort conditions of residential buildings for various climatic conditions is estimated, and the results show that increasing the roof solar reflectance reduces cooling loads by 18-93% and peak cooling demand in air-conditioned buildings by 11-27%.
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Derivation of the adaptive equations for thermal comfort in free-running buildings in European standard EN15251
Fergus Nicol,Michael Humphreys +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a relationship between indoor comfort and outdoor climate was developed for free-running buildings using data collected in the EU project Smart Controls and Thermal Comfort (SCATs), and the indoor comfort conditions were related to the running mean of the outdoor temperature, and the effects of air movement and humidity.
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Developing an adaptive control algorithm for Europe
TL;DR: The results show that use of the ACA has potential for energy savings in the climate-control services of a building with no reduction in the perceived thermal comfort levels of that building’s occupants.
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Artificial neural network (ANN) based model predictive control (MPC) and optimization of HVAC systems: A state of the art review and case study of a residential HVAC system
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review of the artificial neural network (ANN) based model predictive control (MPC) system design is carried out followed by a case study in which ANN models of a residential house located in Ontario, Canada are developed and calibrated with the data measured from site.
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Adaptive thermal comfort standards in the hot–humid tropics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present some of the evidence and suggests ways in which International standards are failing and how they might be complemented using adaptive comfort standards derived from the results of local comfort surveys.