(Journal) Optimizing and Predicting Occupant Thermal Comfort in Indoor Office Environment: The Role of Desk Fan Airflow

Building and Environment, 2025
Norouziasl, S.; Islam, M. S.; Jafari, A.; Bhattacharya, A.; Zhu, Y.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113241

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What We Studied
We investigated how localized desk fan airflow can be leveraged to enhance thermal comfort in indoor office environments and reduce reliance on energy‑intensive HVAC setpoints. Our work also develops predictive models that estimate comfort under different environmental and airflow conditions.

Quantifies the contribution of personalized airflow to comfort.
Builds and validates comfort prediction models for office contexts.
Explores occupant‑centric strategies to improve comfort and energy outcomes.

Key Takeaways

Desk fans meaningfully improve perceived thermal comfort.
Comfort can be predicted using environmental + airflow inputs.
Enables lower HVAC loads without sacrificing occupants’ well‑being.

Cite This Work

APA

Norouziasl, S., Islam, M. S., Jafari, A., Bhattacharya, A., & Zhu, Y. (2025, August). Optimizing and predicting occupant thermal comfort in indoor office environment: The role of desk fan air velocity. Building and Environment, 282, 113241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113241

IEEE

S. Norouziasl, M. S. Islam, A. Jafari, A. Bhattacharya, and Y. Zhu, “Optimizing and predicting occupant thermal comfort in indoor office environment: The role of desk fan air velocity,” Building and Environment, vol. 282, p. 113241, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113241.

BibTeX

@article{Norouziasl2025DeskFanAirVelocity,
	title = {Optimizing and predicting occupant thermal comfort in indoor office environment: {The} role of desk fan air velocity},
	volume = {282},
	copyright = {https://www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/},
	issn = {0360-1323},
	shorttitle = {Optimizing and predicting occupant thermal comfort in indoor office environment},
	url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0360132325007218},
	doi = {10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.113241},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2025-10-07},
	journal = {Building and Environment},
	publisher = {Elsevier BV},
	author = {Norouziasl, Seddigheh and Islam, Mohammad Sadequl and Jafari, Amirhosein and Bhattacharya, Arup and Zhu, Yimin},
	month = aug,
	year = {2025},
	pages = {113241},
}

RIS

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AU  - Norouziasl, Seddigheh
AU  - Islam, Mohammad Sadequl
AU  - Jafari, Amirhosein
AU  - Bhattacharya, Arup
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PY  - 2025
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LA  - en
PB  - Elsevier BV
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Y2  - 2025/10/07/03:52:20
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