| Keywords |
Thermal comfort ; PMV (Predicted Mean Value) ; Energy saving |
| Abstract |
An experimental analysis is carried out to evaluate the performance of thermal comfort-based controls compared to temperature-based controls. Predicted Mean Value (PMV) of Fanger model is used to estimate a thermal comfort indicator that can be utilized to control a mechanical cooling system. In this paper, the results of a series of experiments are presented to determine energy savings of thermal comfort-based controls compared to conventional control strategies. It was found that when the PMV is set to 0.5, the thermal comfort-based controls use 10% less energy than conventional controls. The energy savings are reduced to about 7% when the PMV is set to 0. |