A STUDY ON CONTROL METHOD OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM USING OCCUPANTS' THERMAL REQUESTS

The objective of this study is to propose a new method and system to control set point of air-conditioning system by using occupants' thermal requests with Building Consensus Logic that considers the balance between occupants' satisfactions and energy consumption. As already reported, the authors have proposed system architecture and basic logics of this control system. In this paper, “Women priority control logic” and “Heating control logic” are suggested as additional logics. A series of experiments was conducted in two offices building. It was confirmed that those control logics could enhance thermal satisfactions and improve indoor environment.