Team
Jonas Mahler, Tobias Strobel, Carolina Artavia
Type
Semester 4
Year
2019
Supervision
Prof. Matthias Held
Award
Introduction
With "heazy", an average German household can save 0.28 tons of CO2 per year. This corresponds to a potential CO2 saving of 11.43 million tons for Germany as a whole.
Instead of heating the whole room, where the heat accumulates on top of the room, we focused on heating the personal space.
The idea is to create a microclimate of warmness and comfort, reducing the use of the heater, the heat waste and the energy consumption.
Increases the amount of humidity in the environment, which results in an increased perceived temperature. Essential oils can provide a nice scent, which helps to have a better feeling of warmness, makes the thermal sensation higher and is beneficial for the respiratory system.
Infrared Lamp
Portable lamp with infrared panels that radiates heat and uses a warm color light to make the user feel warmer. It can be placed on a surface or can be used with a smart wall connector, that is following persons moving within a room
Feet Heating Mat
Small mat that insulates the feet from the cold floor. Can also heat the feet actively with conducting heating elements if desired.
Chair Heating Mat
Flexible mat that insulates the body heat when sitting on a chair. Can also heat the body actively with conducting heating elements if desired.
The initial investigation was divided in 3 main stages to classify how people interact with the heat, and how it is distributed or used inside a house, and the architectural considerations about the subject.
As humans, heat is an important part of our whole system, so it is not only about comfort or a nice feeling, it is an important factor for the functioning and health of the body.
Usually the extremities are the coldest parts, even when we are in optimal temperature conditions.
These are important zones that must be heated for a person to feel comfortable and warm.
