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Research Article

Analysis of Comfort Temperature according to Type of Thermal Sensitivity of Office building Occupants

오피스 건물 내 재실자의 열적 민감도 유형에 따른 쾌적 온도 분석

Sung-Kyung Kim1
,
Ji-Hye Ryu2*
,
Won-Hwa Hong3
김 성경1
,
류 지혜2*
,
홍 원화3
1Doctor’s Candidate, School of Architectural, Civil, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
2Postdoctoral Researcher, Convergence Institute of Construction, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
3Professor, School of Architectural, Civil, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
1경북대학교 건설환경에너지공학부 박사과정
2경북대학교 건설환경에너지융합기술원 박사후연수연구원
3경북대학교 건설환경에너지공학부 교수
*Corresponding Author
30 June 2022. pp. 206-218
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Abstract

This study identified occupant groups according to the thermal sensitivity of occupants in the office through clustering. Next, the comfortable temperature based on the occupant’s thermal sensation was derived according to the type of thermal sensitivity group. The purpose of this study is to understand the characteristics of thermal comfort according to the thermal sensitivity level of occupants. As a result of clustering, thermal sensitivity of occupants was divided into 5 clusters. The comfortable temperature of each of these divided clusters was derived, and the differentiated results were calculated from a minimum of 22.8°C to a maximum of 24.9°C. If this is applied as an air conditioning control standard, it can contribute to maintaining and improving the thermal comfort of office occupants, and at the same time, it will be possible to develop an energy saving scenario.

Keywords
Thermal sensitivity
Comfort temperature
Clustering
Office occupants
키워드
열적 민감도
쾌적온도
클러스터링
오피스 재실자
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  • Publisher :Korean Institute of Architectural Sustainable Environment and Building Systems
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국건축친환경설비학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of Korean Institute of Architectural Sustainable Environment and Building Systems
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국건축친환경설비학회논문집
  • Volume : 16
  • No :3
  • Pages :206-218
  • Received Date : 2022-05-09
  • Revised Date : 2022-06-27
  • Accepted Date : 2022-06-29
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.22696/jkiaebs.20220018
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