Work package - WP3:

Tasks

• generation of new insights on the relationship between human productivity,
  comfort and health;
  
• use of exergy analysis on human thermoregulation;
  
• generation of new insights on comfort effects of temperature drift in buildings, and on how temperature drift may benefit the use of low exergy systems;
  
• evaluation of heating, ventilation & cooling systems and components concerning the achievement of thermal comfort in buildings;
  
• assessment of low-exergy ventilation concepts integrating natural ventilation
  and low-exergy sources of energy, including renewables (also related to WP2).

Expected results

• review paper on the human thermal exergy balance model developed in Japan.
  
• diagrams showing the relation between comfort (temperature and air quality) and the performance of people.
  
• guidelines for including human adaptability in indoor environment design, considering existing comfort criteria and exergy analysis of the human heat balance; model for adaptive comfort in Italian climate conditions.
  
• recommended design criteria for dynamic temperature conditions in buildings;
  
• analysis results concerning exergy and entropy generation by humans in buildings, leading to new thermodynamic insights into what is behind thermal comfort criteria.
  
• insight into comfort and environmental aspects of low exergy systems; guidelines for the applicability of different HVAC strategies related to human comfort goals.