Indoor Comfort Analysis of Integrated Radiant Ceiling Panels with Fan Coil Units in a Tropical Climate
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Abstract
This study investigates the integration of Radiant Cooling Panels (RCPs) with Fan Coil Units (FCUs) in the Sustainable Energy Living Lab (SELL) at the University of Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute (UniKL BMI) in a tropical climate. The thermal performance of the building is evaluated using real-world data and detailed simulations in TRNSYS, following ASHRAE standard 55 for thermal comfort. The results show that the combination of RCPs and FCUs significantly improves Thermal Comfort (TC), with more than a 50% reduction in the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) and Predicted Percentage of Dissatisfied (PPD) indices compared to scenarios using only FCUs. Annual and monthly analyses reveal stabilized PMV values closer to neutral levels and substantial PPD reductions, indicating enhanced Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ). These findings highlight the potential of Radiant Cooling Technology (RCT) to achieve both energy efficiency and occupant satisfaction, thereby supporting the advancement of sustainable building practices in tropical climates.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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