TY - GEN
T1 - Comfort Monitoring
T2 - 14th IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics, ICSE 2020
AU - Pradeep, Bivin
AU - Kulkarni, Parag
AU - Khan, Manzoor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Ensuring occupant comfort levels and improving energy efficiency are a priority item on any building manager's agenda. This is particularly important in a University wide context as comfort levels may have implications on student attainment, employee productivity and occupational health in general. University campuses have a large energy footprint with the HVAC systems being a dominant contributor to this footprint. Facilities managers typically set temperatures of indoor environments at a predefined threshold. In this work, we examine the optimality of such a predefined threshold through a measurement driven pilot study in a building on a University campus. To accomplish this objective, we leverage technology driven interventions by deploying a hardware prototype for thermal comfort monitoring augmented with a bespoke Android application called 'Cozy' for user engagement to understand occupant comfort levels. Findings from this study highlight the need for regular reassessments and adaptation of the target operating point. This also has the potential to reduce energy consumption, the associated carbon footprint and a reduction in the energy bill.
AB - Ensuring occupant comfort levels and improving energy efficiency are a priority item on any building manager's agenda. This is particularly important in a University wide context as comfort levels may have implications on student attainment, employee productivity and occupational health in general. University campuses have a large energy footprint with the HVAC systems being a dominant contributor to this footprint. Facilities managers typically set temperatures of indoor environments at a predefined threshold. In this work, we examine the optimality of such a predefined threshold through a measurement driven pilot study in a building on a University campus. To accomplish this objective, we leverage technology driven interventions by deploying a hardware prototype for thermal comfort monitoring augmented with a bespoke Android application called 'Cozy' for user engagement to understand occupant comfort levels. Findings from this study highlight the need for regular reassessments and adaptation of the target operating point. This also has the potential to reduce energy consumption, the associated carbon footprint and a reduction in the energy bill.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICSE49846.2020.9166868
DO - 10.1109/ICSE49846.2020.9166868
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85090887573
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics, Proceedings, ICSE
SP - 185
EP - 188
BT - Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics, ICSE 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 28 July 2020 through 29 July 2020
ER -