Effects of standard energy conserving measures on thermal comfort

Building energy performance simulation programs such as DOE-2 neglect thermal comfort. They basically assume that control of air temperature is synonymous with thermal comfort control. The present study accounts for other factors in thermal comfort such as air velocity and mean radiant temperature. A 31-story office building has been studied in both Chicago and Miami. DOE-2 was used to predict the building energy performance for three energy conservation measures. The output from DOE-2 was then used to determine the consequences on thermal comfort.