Thermal Comfort and Air Quality in Rooms Equipped with Personalized Ventilation Systems
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 1502
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thermal comfort; indoor air quality; human exposure assessment; ventilation systems; computational fluid dynamics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to introduce a Special Issue in the journal Buildings dedicated to the exploration of personalized ventilation systems in indoor spaces. These advanced air distribution systems offer an innovative solution to enhance indoor air quality and occupant comfort. Unlike traditional HVAC systems, personalized ventilation systems are occupant-centric systems that provide individualized airflow directly towards occupants’ breathing zones, tailoring conditions to suit their preferences and needs. Occupants gain greater control over their immediate environment, allowing them to adjust airflow rates, temperature, and air quality parameters to optimize their comfort and well-being.
Energy efficiency and resilience against extreme events (e.g., climate change) are other significant benefits of personalized ventilation systems. By selectively delivering conditioned air to occupied zones, these systems minimize energy waste compared to traditional centralized HVAC systems by allowing the macroclimate temperature and air quality conditions to drift outside conventional ranges. Moreover, with the smaller size of these local systems and the possibility of downsizing background HVAC systems, personalized ventilators have a potentially low carbon footprint.
This Special Issue aims to gather ground-breaking and novel research highlighting the numerous advantages of personalized ventilation systems in indoor spaces. We invite researchers and experts in the field to contribute their insights and findings to this Special Issue. Together, we can advance the understanding and implementation of personalized ventilation systems in various indoor environments, including homes, offices, schools, and healthcare facilities.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Hayder Alsaad
Dr. Douaa Al-Assaad
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- personalized ventilation systems
- built environment
- advanced air distribution systems
- user controlled
- human centric
- micro-climatization
- local thermal comfort
