SiCILIA: A Smart Sensor System for Clothing Insulation Inference

In order to maintain productivity and alertness, individuals must be thermally comfortable in the space they occupy (whether it is a cubicle, a room, a car, etc.). However, it is often difficult to non-intrusively assess an occupant's"thermal comfort" and hence most heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) engineers adopt fixed temperature settings to "err on the safe side". These set temperatures can be too hot or too cold for …