Cross-Correlations among daily variations of Thermal Control Use, Thermal Sensation, Clothing Insulation and Outdoor Temperature during Cooling Season in Japan

This survey was designed to investigate university student rooms to realize energy savings related to thermal control use and the relations among thermal sensation, clothing insulation, and outdoor air temperature in pre-cooling and post-cooling seasons. Results revealed the following: 1) Phase shifts to the outdoor air temperature mutually differ in pre-cooling and post-cooling seasons. 2) For neutral temperatures, although the effect of pre-cooling makes the act of opening a window less likely, that is not true in the post-cooling season. 3) For thermal sensations, the section rates of thermal control use vary in the pre-cooling season, but do not vary in the post-cooling season. 4) The clothing amount varies more during the pre-cooling season than during the post-cooling season.