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From Thermal Preference Prediction to Adaptive Thermal Intervention: A Reinforcement Learning Approach Using Physiological and Environmental Sensing

Researchers from Nottingham Trent University, led by Isibor Kennedy Ihianle, proposed a two-stage personalized thermal comfort approach that integrates multimodal physiological and environmental sensing with reinforcement learning-based decision-making, submitted to arXiv on 19 Aug 2026. The method aims to replace static HVAC setpoints and population-level comfort models with adaptive thermal interventions tailored to individual physiological variability, potentially improving occupant wellbeing and building-control responsiveness.

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From Thermal Preference Prediction to Adaptive Thermal Intervention: A Reinforcement Learning Approach Using Physiological and Environmental Sensing
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Abstract:Personalised thermal comfort is essential for occupant wellbeing and for the development of more responsive building-control strategies, yet conventional Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems rely on static setpoints and population-level comfort models that fail to capture individual physiological variability. This paper presents a two-stage personalised thermal comfort approach integrating multimodal physiological and environmental sensing with reinforcement learning-based decision-making.

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From: Isibor Kennedy Ihianle [[view email](/show-email/8e7b6e66/2608.20423)]

**[v1]** Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:39:15 UTC (2,437 KB)

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