Comfort for Workers in Washington's Government Buildings

Health and Comfort in Buildings

1. History of buildings and health 1.1 Environmental issues 2. Health effects 2.1 Developing countries 2.2 Developed countries 2.2.1 Cancer 2.2.2 Allergy 2.2.3 Other hypersensitivity reactions 2.2.4 Airways infections 3. Indoor exposures associated with health effects 3.1 Air quality 3.2 Odor 3.3 Chemical compounds 3.4 Particles 3.5 Micro-organisms 3.6 The “Lamp-Post Effect” 3.7 Temperature, an...

Reinforcement learning for energy conservation and comfort in buildings

This paper deals with the issue of achieving comfort in buildings with minimal energy consumption. Specifically a reinforcement learning controller is developed and simulated using the Matlab/Simulink environment. The reinforcement learning signal used is a function of the thermal comfort of the building occupants, the indoor air quality and the energy consumption. This controller is then compa...

Development of an Integrated, Personalized Comfort Methodology for Office Buildings

Despite the significant progress observed over the last decades, the European building stock still consumes significant amounts of energy (39% of the total final energy), whilst it does not always provide the conditions required for occupants’ well-being and thermal comfort sensation. In order to achieve the goal of nearly or even zero energy buildings, a deep refurbishment of the building stoc...

Adaptive thermal comfort and sustainable thermal standards for buildings

The origin and development of the adaptive approach to thermal comfort is explained. A number of the developments in the application of the theory are considered and the origin of the differences between adaptive thermal comfort and the ‘rational’ indices is explored. The application of the adaptive approach to thermal comfort standards is considered and recommendations made as to the best comf...

[Correlations between human needs and conditions of buildings for comfort].