Using Smartwatch and WiFi Data to Plan Districts that Support People's Comfort

What is it about?

We used WiFi data and thermal comfort surveys collected through a smartwatch application to simulate the activities and thermal comfort of students and employees in an urban university campus

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Why is it important?

With the increasingly evident effects of climate change, we need to plan low carbon urban areas that at the same time provide for people's comfort and well-being. With increase in flexibility in work arrangements (including hot desking and working from home), occupants may increasingly be able to choose workspaces that best support their comfort needs. We seek to analyze how we can operate a university campus to support these needs, and in our future work we will analyze the effects if this campus operation on energy performance.