Comfort on Demand Saves Energy by Letting People Control Heat & Light in Office Areas
Posted By Yuka Yoneda On May 24, 2011 @ 6:30 pm In green Interiors,Renewable Energy | 1 Comment
Nash Hurley and Taylor Keep of VITAL Environments [4] in collaboration with Beau Trincia [5] have created Comfort-on-Demand, a system that heats, cools, and lights individual work environments. Each person tunes her workspace by controlling table-integrated fans, touch-activated heating surfaces, and lighting level through a smartphone interface. The system directs energy to where it is needed and provides a personalized work experience. Comfort-on-Demand also addresses the growing tension between slow-to-adjust brick and mortar buildings and ever-increasing workforce mobility in the commercial real estate market. Each day, people are away from their desk 50-60% of the time. All this mobility points to a need for energy systems tied to the office worker, not tied to the building. The project was a runner-up in the 2011 Metropolis Magazine Next Generation Design Competition, “Get The Feds to Zero.”
+ Beau Trincia [5]
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