Thermodynamic Conditioning Surface

The Thermodynamic Conditioning Surface is an ongoing project that imagines the possibility of a materially integrated building air distribution system coupled with thermographic sensing technology and closed loop intelligent control systems to produce a demand based response to human thermal comfort requirements. The system operates within the Modernist ideal of modularity and is compatible with conventional construction practices allowing existing building systems to be adapted and retrofitted. The benefits of the system include greater user control over environmental conditions and reduced overall energy consumption in buildings. The Thermodynamic Conditioning Surface proffers a model for communicating air in buildings in which multiple differentiated atmospheres are privileged above a centralized, uniform standard of thermal comfort.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AMP.105.51

Volume Editors
Luis Francisco Rico-Gutierrez & Martha Thorne

ISBN
978-1-944214-07-4