Occupant-aware thermal comfort control with elevated air speed

• Main Author: Yin, Le
• Other Authors: Ling Keck Voon
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73922
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Compressor-based cooling contributes a large part of energy consumption in buildings, especially in hot and humid climates. In Singapore, electricity comprises the largest percentage of building operating expense, of which about 50% is for air conditioning. Increasing cooling setpoint and utilizing...