The Current State of Research on Thermal Comfort Prediction Models

摘要

This paper provides an overview of the relevant published literature data on the thermal comfort models in general. The focus of the paper was to provide a better understanding of the current state related to the research and development of, heat-balance models, adaptive models and personal comfort models enabled by the use of wearable devices. Gained results revealed an importance of the individual approach to the thermal comfort issue, i.e. development of the personal thermal comfort models and which is a challenge. Finally, application of the wearable sensory devices should be further investigated as it could be a helpful tool for the introduction of the individual approach (that can have a potential effect on the energy savings in the buildings).