STTR Phase I: Wearable technology that provides real-time comfort data to smart buildings and personalized comfort to occupants

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是将可穿戴个人舒适系统引入物联网，减少建筑物的能耗，同时提高建筑物居住者的舒适度和幸福感。实验室电磁制动技术?专有的可穿戴技术可生成实时舒适数据，从而减少和优化暖通空调负荷，同时为居住者提供个性化的舒适度。个人舒适系统有可能将建筑能耗降低20-40%，并将居住者的生产力提高2-7%。在商业建筑中提供这项技术可以在6个月内产生投资回报，同时为建筑物居住者、设施管理人员和企业主增加价值。由SBIR第一阶段支持的研发可以节省20亿美元的能源成本，挽回超过200亿美元的生产力损失。这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目开发了一种个人舒适的物联网技术，以解决目前在办公室、医院、学校和政府大楼中保持美国劳动力舒适和生产力的方法中根本低效的问题。该项目的目标是(i)证明可穿戴个人舒适系统的技术可行性，该系统符合工作场所的人体工程学要求，（ii）量化可穿戴技术提高乘员舒适度的能力，以及（iii）证明可穿戴个人舒适系统收集实时舒适度数据的能力。SBIR一期项目将以可穿戴技术的演示、验证和量化为高潮，该技术将为智能建筑提供实时舒适数据，并为居住者提供个性化舒适。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to introduce wearable personal comfort systems into the internet of things, reducing energy consumption in buildings while improving the comfort and well-being of building occupants. EMBR Labs? proprietary wearable technology generates real-time comfort data, enabling reduced and optimized HVAC loads, while simultaneously providing personalized comfort to occupants. Personal comfort systems have the potential to reduce building energy consumption by 20-40% and improve occupant productivity by 2-7%. Providing this technology in commercial buildings could generate a return on investment in under 6 months while adding value for building occupants, facilities managers, and business owners. The R&D supported by this SBIR Phase I could save $B of dollars in energy costs, recapture over $20B of lost productivity.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project develops a personal comfort Internet of Things technology to resolve fundamental inefficiencies in the current approaches to maintaining the comfort and productivity of the American workforce in offices, hospitals, schools, and government buildings. The objectives of this project are to (i) demonstrate the technical feasibility of a wearable personal comfort system that is sufficiently ergonomic for adoption in the workplace, (ii) quantify the ability for the wearable technology to improve occupant comfort, and (iii) demonstrate the ability to collect real-time comfort data from the wearable personal comfort system. This SBIR Phase I project will culminate in the demonstration, validation, and quantification of wearable technology that provides real-time comfort data to smart buildings and personalized comfort to occupants.