TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermal sensation and comfort with different task conditioning systems
AU - Amai, Hideyuki
AU - Tanabe, Shin ichi
AU - Akimoto, Takashi
AU - Genma, Takeshi
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Hiroko Aizawa, Shoko Kiji, Tatsunari Sato Hironori Izumi, and Takayuki Yamada of Kanto-Gakuin University (at that time) for their cooperation. This study was partly funded by the 2003 Grants-in Aid Program of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Basic Research (C) (2)), entitled “Study on the Comfort and Productivity of Task/ambient Air Conditioning Systems in Office Space” (15560520), leader: Takashi Akimoto.
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - Subjective experiments with task conditioning systems, 3DU+, PEM, TU, and RCU were conducted to investigate the effect of three different types of Task air-conditioning systems on thermal comfort in a climate chamber. The chamber was conditioned at 28 °C/50%RH with task systems and 26 °C/50%RH without them. Under the condition with the task conditioning systems, the average rating of comfort sensation was between comfortable (0) and slightly uncomfortable (-1). For males it was between -0.5 and -0.7 and for females between -0.3 and -0.4. This was equal to or even better than that in condition without task system. It was found that these systems were effective in providing thermal comfort. The parts to which subjects wanted to diffuse air were different for each system. However, the individual control of task conditioning system contributed to create the preferred environment.
AB - Subjective experiments with task conditioning systems, 3DU+, PEM, TU, and RCU were conducted to investigate the effect of three different types of Task air-conditioning systems on thermal comfort in a climate chamber. The chamber was conditioned at 28 °C/50%RH with task systems and 26 °C/50%RH without them. Under the condition with the task conditioning systems, the average rating of comfort sensation was between comfortable (0) and slightly uncomfortable (-1). For males it was between -0.5 and -0.7 and for females between -0.3 and -0.4. This was equal to or even better than that in condition without task system. It was found that these systems were effective in providing thermal comfort. The parts to which subjects wanted to diffuse air were different for each system. However, the individual control of task conditioning system contributed to create the preferred environment.
KW - Subjective experiments
KW - Task air conditioning systems
KW - Thermal comfort
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U2 - 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.07.043
DO - 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.07.043
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547986815
VL - 42
SP - 3955
EP - 3964
JO - Building and Environment
JF - Building and Environment
SN - 0360-1323
IS - 12
ER -