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Literature Review: Thermal Comfort and Air-Conditioning

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The Future of Thermal Comfort in an Energy- Constrained World

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The cost of supplying energy to the office space has historically been insignificant compared to the cost of labour. A study on a typical American office (Holz et al. 1997) found the cost of salaries to be 100 times more than that of energy. In Singapore, the electrical consumption of offices accounts for 12 % of the overall non-manufacturing sector’s usage, with an average annual energy efficiency of 231 kWh/m2 (Lee 2001). In an ongoing study by the Energy Sustainability Unit in Singapore (esu.com.sg) the median office building uses 49 % of its energy on air-conditioning and a further 14 % on mechanical ventilation.

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