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Intelligent neck cooler has been proposed as an energy-saving indoor air-conditioning method by direct cooling of human body. This paper reports evaluation results of intelligent neck cooler’s effectiveness regarding labor productivity and comfort in hot summer office environment. We studied through trial subjects how neck cooling affects physiology, psychology, and task productivity in summer heat environment. Higher comfort level were reported (0.05 statistical significance), and better maintenance of attention (0.01 statistical significance) in long lasting tasks in neck cooling condition were demonstrated.
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This research was partly supported by Japan New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
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Kawahara, Y., Takahashi, M., Takahashi, H., Lopez, G. (2014). Effect of Neck Refrigeration by the Neck Cooler on Worker’s Physiological and Psychological Performance. In: Cipresso, P., Matic, A., Lopez, G. (eds) Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health. MindCare 2014. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 100. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11564-1_6
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