Improving thermal comfort in office practice: biomimetic comfort profiles

Abstract

In the office building of Kropman in Utrecht a number of measurements were done, by means of NEN-EN-ISO 7726, to determine thermal comfort in the office building. Also two enquiries were held to determine the thermal comfort perception of the employees. The evaluation of the measurements and enquiries led to a number of adaptations that have been made to the parameter setting of the climate installation which resulted in a better thermal comfort against a lower energy usage. Instead of central power generation we looked into more decentralized system solutions. Also we took the individual preferences of the occupants, their biomimetic profiles as a starting point. The personal demand is leading in the process control of the indoor climate system