Each of plurality of personal terminals is configured to acquire first data indicating a result of inputting whether a possessor is comfortable, second data indicating a terminal location, and third data indicating a temperature at the terminal location. An information processing device includes a first learning unit to classify the plurality of personal terminals into a plurality of classes based on the first to third data transmitted from the plurality of personal terminals, a storage unit to store a plurality of control details each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of classes into which the first learning unit classifies the plurality of personal terminals, and a control unit to read, from the storage unit, a control detail associated with a class into which a personal terminal detected in an air conditioning target space is classified among the plurality of classes and control an air conditioning device.

An information processing apparatus, based on a data set including a combination of information indicating a situation, information on the comfort of a user, and information on power consumption when an air conditioner has been operated, executes a process of determining an operation setting according to a situation when the air conditioner is operated, the comfort when the air conditioner is operated, and a condition related to the power consumption when the air conditioner is operated.

Provided are an air conditioning device and method. The air conditioning control device includes a ventilation fan, a memory storing at least one instruction, and at least one processor connected to the memory, in which the at least one processor is configured to, by executing the at least one instruction, determine, among a plurality of rooms, a first room from which thermal energy is to be recovered and a second room to which the thermal energy to be recovered is to be supplied, based on at least one of a sensor value of a sensor in a room among the plurality of rooms, a use schedule of at least one room among the plurality of rooms, and a user input, and drive the ventilation fan to exchange thermal energy of the first room and thermal energy of the second room.

An integrated controller can be equipped with an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) of a vehicle. The integrated controller includes a printed circuit board, a housing of a heat dissipation fin structure positioned to surround the at least one printed circuit board, a thermal grease provided on a surface of the printed circuit board and on a surface of the housing, and a bolt fastening portion connecting the printed circuit board to the housing.

A HVAC control system comprising a user interface adapted to receive comfort feedback from a user. A processor is adapted to receive the comfort feedback and input data corresponding to one or more comfort factors and respective values of the comfort factors. The processor is adapted to build a comfort model for the user based on the comfort feedback and the input data, with the comfort model correlating a comfort score to one or more values of one or more of the comfort factors. The processor is configured to adjust one or more functions of an HVAC unit to vary one or more comfort factors such that a predetermined comfort score is achieved. An associated method and an associated system are also provided.

A system for predicting performance of building equipment includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions. When executed by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include obtaining sensor data generated by one or more sensors while operating the building equipment to affect one or more environmental conditions of a building, generating a predicted performance of the building equipment using a machine learning model if the machine learning model comprises prior data similar to the sensor data, and requesting feedback from an expert related to the predicted performance of the building equipment if the sensor data are different from the prior data.

A device detects that a first wearable device has connected to a network. The device receives user preferences from the first wearable device. The device identifies a set point corresponding to a climate parameter. The device receives climate information corresponding to the climate parameter from one or more sensors. The device determines whether the climate information is within a threshold percentage of the set point, and based on the determination that the climate information is not within the threshold percentage of the set point, the device adjusts the set point.

A need identifying device is provided with a need storing portion that receives, from an informant, a need pertaining to the surrounding environment, an environment state variable controlling portion that calculates an environment state variable for indicating the state of the surrounding environment of the informant based on an environment element measured value collected from a space occupied by the informant, and calculates, from the environment state variable, a dissatisfaction level for the surrounding environment of the informant, and an identification processing portion that identifies, based on the dissatisfaction level, a need from the informant as a temporary need or as a persistent need.

An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a controller that controls a refrigeration cycle, an up/down air flow direction plate, and a left/right air flow direction plate, based on information of a person whose image is captured by an imaging device. When the refrigeration cycle is stopped, in a case where the face of the person detected by the imaging device remains stationarily facing the imaging device for a preset recognition time, the controller recognizes the person as one wishing the refrigeration cycle to be activated, and activates the refrigeration cycle.

A method for providing personalized comfort to occupants of an environmentally conditioned space includes sensing a pre-adjustment pressure within a variable air volume diffuser, remotely adjusting a position an individually-adjustable directional outlet of the variable air volume diffuser, sensing a post-adjustment pressure within the variable air volume diffuser, and modifying the airflow through the variable air volume diffuser such that the post-adjustment pressure is equal to the pre-adjustment pressure. The variable air volume diffuser includes individually-adjustable directional outlets and a controller configured to regulate air pressure within the variable air volume diffuser when an individually adjustable directional outlet is adjusted. A user device in operative communication with the variable air volume diffuser includes a user interface to remotely adjust an adjustable directional outlet of the variable air volume diffuser to provide personalized comfort for the user. In embodiments, the variable air volume diffuser responds to spoken commands.