Influence of psychological and personal factors on predicting individual's thermal comfort in an office building using linear estimation and machine learning model

• Main Authors: Muhammad Nafiz, Muhammad Nafiz, Shaikh Salim, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki, Nadarajah, Pravin Diliban, Singh, Manoj Kumar
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2024
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/108891/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512549.2024.2340449

Thermal comfort in the building affects occupants’ health, productivity, and electricity use. Predicting occupants’ thermal comfort in advance will be helpful. Nowadays, a widely used model for thermal comfort prediction is the predicted mean vote (PMV). However, studies have found discrepancies bet...