Title
Personal heating: is it comfortable and can it save energy?
Author
van Oeffelen, L.
Jacobs, P.
van Zundert, K.
Publication year
2011
Abstract
A pilot study with ten test subjects has been carried out towards the user satisfaction of personalized heating. The heating system consists of four heating panels integrated in office furniture. The tests have been performed in a climate chamber at three room temperature levels: 18, 20 and 22°C. The test subjects could control the temperature of the heating panels. During the experiments objective measurements have been taken such as skin temperatures, energy use of the heating panels, air temperature and air speed. Thermal comfort of the test subjects has been evaluated using a questionnaire. The measurements indicate that it is possible to reduce the room temperature to 20°C while thermal comfort is maintained. Calculations with a building model showed that lowering the room temperature to 20°C can lead to an energy saving of 27% on heating energy. In offices with a low and varying occupancy rate the energy saving can be even higher.
Subject
Energy saving
Personal climatization
Personal control
Thermal comfort
Buildings and Infrastructure
Built Environment
Building Engineering & Civil Engineering
ECS - Energy & Comfort Systems
TS - Technical Sciences
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TNO identifier
476246
ISBN
9781627482721
Source
12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, 5-10 June 2011, Austin, TX, USA, 3017-3022
Document type
conference paper