Web application for thermal comfort visualization and calculation according to ASHRAE Standard 55

Stefano Schiavon; Tyler Hoyt; Alberto Piccioli

doi:10.1007/s12273-013-0162-3

Building Simulation 2014, 7(4): 321-334 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-013-0162-3

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Web application for thermal comfort visualization and calculation according to ASHRAE Standard 55

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Center for the Built Environment, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

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web application, visualization, thermal comfort, adaptive comfort, predictive mean vote/ predicted percentage of dissatisfied (PMV/PPD), psychrometric chart

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Schiavon S, Hoyt T, Piccioli A. Web application for thermal comfort visualization and calculation according to ASHRAE Standard 55. Building Simulation, 2014, 7(4): 321-334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-013-0162-3

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Thermal comfort is one of the fundamental aspects of indoor environmental quality and it is strongly related to occupant satisfaction and energy use in buildings. This paper describes a new web application for thermal comfort visualization and calculation according to ASHRAE Standard 55-2013. Compared to existing software, the web application is free, cross-platform, and provides a visual and highly interactive accurate representation of the comfort zone. Its main features are: dynamic visualization of the comfort zone on psychrometric, temperature-relative humidity, and adaptive charts; new implementation of the Elevated Air Speed model; local thermal discomfort assessment; compliance document automation for LEED thermal comfort credits; metabolic activity and clothing insulation tables and dynamic models; and compliance with the standard. The tool can be used by architects, engineers, building operators, educators, and students.

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Web application for thermal comfort visualization and calculation according to ASHRAE Standard 55

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Stefano Schiavon(

), Tyler Hoyt, Alberto Piccioli

Center for the Built Environment, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

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Keywords: web application, visualization, thermal comfort, adaptive comfort, predictive mean vote/ predicted percentage of dissatisfied (PMV/PPD), psychrometric chart

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Received: 17 July 2013

Revised: 27 September 2013

Accepted: 07 November 2013

Published: 27 December 2013

Issue date: August 2014

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The authors would like to thank Charlie Huizenga for providing resources regarding code development, Dustin Moon for the development of the visualization of the comfort zones in Processing, Kyle Steinfeld for helping starting this project and guiding us on the visualization strategies, Huang Li, Hui Zhang and Ed Arens for improving the integration of the SET model within the Elevated Air Speed model, and Gail Brager for the review of the draft. This research has been supported by the Center for the Built Environment (CBE), University of California Berkeley (USA), and by a scholarship provided by the School of Engineering, University of Bologna (Italy).