Experimental study on PMV-based and thermal adaptation-based controls

Conducts the experiments on two adjacent rooms in an office building in Guangzhou in typical summer days, and compares the performances of the conventional, PMV-based and thermal adaptation-based control modes in terms of environmental physical parameters, occupants satisfactions and building energy consumptions. The results show that compared with the conventional mode, the PMV-based control mode slightly increases indoor temperature and humidity, maintains occupants satisfactions with indoor environment, and can save 21% of average daily cooling energy in the summer sunny days. The thermal adaptation-based control mode increases indoor temperature, humidity and air speed, maintains occupants satisfactions with indoor environment, and can save total average daily energy by 31% and 40% in the summer sunny day and rainy day, respectively.