Investigation of the possibility of the use of heart rate as a human factor for thermal sensation models

Choi, Joon-Ho; Loftness, Vivian; Lee, Dongwon

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.10.009

Cited by 117 publications

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“…8). This is in line with previous studies that showed that the heart rate increases with an increase in temperature and is correlated with the metabolic rate [38] which is is known to influence thermal comfort.…”

Section: Heart Rate Variabilitysupporting

confidence: 93%

Conceptual Design of a Collective Energy-Efficient Physiologically-Controlled System for Thermal Comfort Delivery in an Office Environment

Nkurikiyeyezu

Suzuki

Maret

et al. 2018

SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration

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Despite their high energy consumption, office thermal comfort delivery mechanisms perform poorly. The recently enacted environmental protection policies, which require a significant cutback in greenhouse gas emission, can only exacerbate this situation because, given the limitations of current thermal comfort provision technologies, a reduction in energy would translate into an increased thermal discomfort in offices. Hence, this dilemma entails alternative thermal comfort delivery systems that provide higher quality thermal comfort at lower energy. This paper proposes to use physiologically-controlled thermal comfort controllers to achieve this. It also discusses advantages of this novel approach, highlights potential unobtrusive thermal comfort biomarkers, and presents the necessary steps in designing such systems. Finally, the paper briefly discusses some of our preliminary results that showcase the feasibility of such a system.

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Section: Heart Rate Variabilitysupporting

confidence: 93%

Conceptual Design of a Collective Energy-Efficient Physiologically-Controlled System for Thermal Comfort Delivery in an Office Environment

Nkurikiyeyezu

Suzuki

Maret

et al. 2018

SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration

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“…[36]). However, those studies did focus on the effect of prevailing indoor conditions and changes in the heart rate and not on the relationship between heart rate and long-term outdoor conditions.…”

Section: A C C E P T E D Accepted Manuscriptmentioning

confidence: 93%

A framework for an adaptive thermal heat balance model (ATHB)

Schweiker

Wagner

2015

Building and Environment

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“…Studies of thermal comfort involving subjects in climate chambers have been performed to evaluate the influence of local skin wettedness and overall thermal comfort [152], to study the regional (body parts) differences in temperature sensation and thermal comfort [153,154], to study the effects of skin temperature on the finger, hand and wrist in the assessment of overall comfort [155], to investigate the response of physiological parameters (skin temperature, electrocardiograph and electroencephalogram) to different ambient temperatures and its relationship with the sensation of thermal comfort [156], to study the relationship between floor surface temperature and the overall and local thermal sensation (feet) [157], to assess the effects of solar radiation (direct and indirect) on the thermal comfort [158], to analyze the influence of mean skin temperatures [159][160][161][162][163][164] and heart rate [165] to predict thermal comfort, to analyze the sensitivity range of the static thermal comfort equation [166], to investigate the effects of climatic characteristics and adaptability of people on the A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t 17 thermal comfort [167] and to investigate the impact of temperature differences between radiant and air temperature on mean skin temperature, thermal sensation and thermal comfort [168].…”

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confidence: 99%