A review of intensified conditioning of personal micro-environments: Moving closer to the human body

Various systems and technologies have been developed in recent years to fulfil the growing needs of high-performance HVAC with better performance energy efficiency, thermal comfort, occupancy health. Intensified conditioning human occupied areas less intensified surrounding are able effectively improve overall satisfaction by individual control personalized micro-environments also, achieve maximum efficiency. Four main concepts identified chronologically through development personal environmental conditioning, changing area closer body enhancing efforts, namely task ambient (TAC) system, system (PECS), comfort (PCS), management (PTM) system. This review follows a clue concept progress evaluation, summarizes important findings feasible applications, current gaps as well future research needs.