ACI Home Performance Conference 2009

MPM 04 - Creative Comfort: Beyond Thermostat Set Point

Monday, April 27, 2009 · 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Though few people can explain the dynamics, everyone knows when they’re comfortable…or not. What is less clear is how to reframe comfort to save energy, money, and greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to health, satisfaction, and well-being. Based on thermal comfort principles and responses from physiological, theoretical, and applied perspectives, we'll explore strategies from advanced diagnostics to clear communication that explains how people and buildings interact and explore ways – some counterintuitive – to creatively achieve more affordable comfort.

By attending this session, participants will

Review the principles, range, and circumstances of human comfort responses
Learn to recognize how building components, systems, controls, and occupant behaviors can either negatively impact or enhance people’s sense of comfort
Sample a range of technical and behavioral strategies to achieve increased energy savings and other benefits

Type: Half-Day
CEU: Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI) Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)

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Course Document(s):

MPM04_Wilson

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