Mainstreaming Personal Comfort Devices: Enabling Modular Personal Controls for a Wide Range of Energy and Comfort Applications
The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of the Berkeley Campus
Recipient
Berkeley, CA
Recipient Location
9th
Senate District
14th
Assembly District
Active
Project Status
Project Update
The Issue
Project Innovation
The project will 1) develop and test two new PCDs using a) a new nanostructured carbon heating fabric for leg/feet/hand warming, b) thermoelectric devices (TE) for hand warming and cooling, and c) an infra-red LED device for radiantly heating hands efficiently; 2) develop a Personal Control Hub with sensors, fan, and network including automated thermal preference learning, 3) create and test the customizable Personal Control Ecosystem that integrates the PC Hub with other PCDs, other devices, and/or building management system, and 4) create a web-based PCD Design Guidebook for HVAC engineers and real estate managers to specify the best PCD for their application and context.
Key Project Members
Therese Peffer
Subrecipients
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
University of Notre Dame
TRC Energy Services
Arup US, Inc.
Normal Inc
Match Partners
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of the Berkeley Campus
United States Department of Energy
University of Notre Dame
Arup US, Inc.
Normal Inc
