The Effect of Thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality on Energy Consumption
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biometeorology and Bioclimatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2023) | Viewed by 324
Special Issue Editors
Interests: building operation; building indoor environment; building performance; demand controlled ventilation; occupant comfort; demand side management.
Interests: energy policy; sustainable and renewable energy planning; energy linkage; sustainable development goals (sdgs)
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Dear Colleagues,
The challenge of maintaining the indoor environment is ever more important nowadays considering the amount of time occupants spend indoors. Furthermore, occupants have a better understanding of all facets of comfort comprising indoor air quality. Meeting this growing expectation has seen the area of HVAC control systems increase in complexity over time. While in past decades, maintaining thermal comfort was the primary goal set by building energy management personnel with the optimal energy consumption of HVAC systems, the issue of healthy indoor air quality (IAQ) added a new paradigm to this optimization problem. Furthermore, the COVID-19 crisis has amplified the necessity of maintaining IAQ. Controlling IAQ from the perspective of health impacts poses new challenges to the HVAC systems and imposes excess energy use. In this regard, the optimal control of HVAC systems is necessary to balance energy usage with indoor environmental conditions.
In this Special Issue, we intend to spotlight state-of-the-art research studies focusing on how optimizing energy consumption in buildings can be better tackled without compromising indoor environmental conditions. We invite researchers to submit high-quality reviews, perspectives, or original research articles on the following topics, among others:
- Occupant-centric ventilation for improving the indoor environment;
- Monitoring and assessment requirements to maintain a healthy indoor environment;
- The effect of aggressive ventilation on human health;
- Optimizing energy consumption without compromising the indoor environment;
- The role of intelligent building technologies on energy consumption.
Dr. Zakia Afroz
Dr. Tania Urmee
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermal comfort
- indoor air quality
- energy consumption
- indoor environmental condition
- occupant health
- heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC)
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