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Comfort control for short-term occupancy.

Author(s) : FOUNTAIN M., BRAGER G., ARENS E., BAUMAN F., BENTON C.

Type of article: Article

Summary

The paper describes the logic of a microprocessor-controlled thermostat to address the needs of temporary room occupants while reducing energy consumption. The "comfortstat" design grew out of a study of thermal comfort control in a luxury hotel in San Francisco, USA. Hotel guests frequently arrive from widely disparate climates and have high expectations of the thermal environment for periods ranging from one day to several weeks. The authors examined the hotel complaint log, collected detailed physical measurements of the thermal environment in typical hotel rooms, assessed the HVAC system capacity and response time, and surveyed 315 hotel guests over a five-month period.

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  • Original title: Comfort control for short-term occupancy.
  • Record ID : 1995-3124
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Energy Build. - vol. 21 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 1994

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