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Field Study of a Radiant Heating System for Sleep Thermal Comfort and Potential Energy Saving

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posted on 2022-11-03, 18:43 authored by Christopher L. K. Wang
As sleep is unconscious, the traditional definition of thermal comfort with conscious judgment does not apply. In this thesis sleep thermal comfort is defined as the thermal condition which enables sleep to most efficiently rejuvenate the body and mind. A comfort model was developed to stimulate the respective thermal environment required to achieve the desired body thermal conditions and a new infrared sphere method was developed to measure mean radiant temperature. Existing heating conditions according to building code conditions during sleeping hours was calculated to likely overheat a sleeping person and allowed energy saving potential by reducing nighttime heating set points. Experimenting with existing radiantly and forced air heated residential buildings, it was confirmed that thermal environment was too hot for comfortable sleep and that the infrared sphere method shows promise. With the site data, potential energy savings were calculated and around 10% of energy consumption reduction may be achieved during peak heating.

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Language

eng

Degree

  • Master of Applied Science

Program

  • Building Science

Granting Institution

Ryerson University

LAC Thesis Type

  • Thesis

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