This section lists the useful resources on Personalized Environmental Control Systems (PECS)
Song, W., Zhang, Z., Chen, Z., Wang, F., & Yang, B. (2022). Thermal comfort and energy performance of personal comfort systems (PCS): A systematic review and meta-analysis. Energy and Buildings, 256, 111747.
Rawal, R., Schweiker, M., Kazanci, O. B., Vardhan, V., Jin, Q., & Duanmu, L. (2020). Personal comfort systems: A review on comfort, energy, and economics. Energy and Buildings, 214, 109858.
Zhang, H., Arens, E., & Zhai, Y. (2015). A review of the corrective power of personal comfort systems in non-neutral ambient environments. Building and Environment, 91, 15–41.
Yang, B., Melikov, A. K., Kabanshi, A., Zhang, C., Bauman, F. S., Cao, G., Awbi, H., Wigö, H., Niu, J., Cheong, K. W. D., Tham, K. W., Sandberg, M., Nielsen, P. V., Kosonen, R., Yao, R., Kato, S., Sekhar, S. C., Schiavon, S., Karimipanah, T., Lin, Z. (2019). A review of advanced air distribution methods—Theory, practice, limitations and solutions. Energy and Buildings, 202, 109359.
de Dear, R. J., Akimoto, T., Arens, E. A., Brager, G., Candido, C., Cheong, K. W. D., Li, B., Nishihara, N., Sekhar, S. C., Tanabe, S., Toftum, J., Zhang, H., & Zhu, Y. (2013). Progress in thermal comfort research over the last twenty years. Indoor Air, 23(6), 442–461.
Liu, J., Zhu, S., Kim, M. K., & Srebric, J. (2019). A Review of CFD Analysis Methods for Personalized Ventilation (PV) in Indoor Built Environments. Sustainability, 11(15), 4166.
Torresin, S., de Souza, L. P., Dicle, S. Y., Al-Assaad, D., Aletta, F., Balderrama, A., Bivolarova, M. P., Lee, P.-J., Llorca-Bofí, J., Maula, H., Navarro, A. L., Pigliautile, I., Pisello, A. L., & Wu, Z. (2025). Definition and performance of acoustic personalised environmental control systems (acoustic PECS): A systematic review. Building and Environment, 282, 113243.
Rawal, R., Shinoda, J., & Khovalyg, D. (Eds.). (2024). Advancements in Personalized Environmental Control Systems (PECS) [Special issue]. Building and Environment.
Rawal, Rajan, Vishnu Vardhan, Marcel Schweiker, and Ongun Berk Kazanci. 2021. Deliverable 4: Guidelines for Personal Comfort Systems in Low Energy Buildings February 2021. The University of Sydney and Tsinghua University.
Arens E & Zhang, H. (2022, May 30). Mainstreaming Personal Comfort Systems (PCS). Buildings and Cities.
Hoffmann, S. (2022, June 6). Personal comfort systems: Lessons from the creation of the “Klimastuhl”. Buildings & Cities.
Heinzerling, D. (2022, June 10). Transition to Personal Comfort Systems. Buildings and Cities.
Morley, J. (2022, September 26). Clothing: The First Layer of Personal Comfort. Buildings and Cities.
YouTube. (n.d.). PECS frameworks and case applications [Playlist]. YouTube.
YouTube. (n.d.). Research talks and technical webinars [Playlist]. YouTube.
YouTube. (n.d.). The future of personal comfort systems [Video]. YouTube.
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