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NASA NTRS1999

Fire and Ice - Safety, Comfort, and Getting the Firefighters' Job Done

Daily life for firefighters consists of working with life-threatening hazards in hostile environments. A major hazard is excessive ambient heat. New hazards have arisen from protective gear that was intended to increase survival time of firefighters while finding and rescuing victims. The insulation is so good now that a firefighter's metabolic heat buildup cannot escape. This forces body core temperatures to life threatening levels in about 20 minutes of moderate activity. Using NASA space suit technology, Oceaneering Space Systems developed a liquid cooling garment prototype that will remove up to 250 watts of metabolic heat. After testing and certification as an approved accessory for firefighter use, this garment will be available for use by any individual encapsulated in protective clothing. This demonstration will present a high surface area circulated liquid cooling garment displayed on a mannequin and available for attendees to try on to experience the effects of active cooling.

Foley, Tico↗
NASA NTRS2002

Foot Comfort for the Fashionable

Modellista Footwear's new shoe line uses Tempur(TM) material, which conforms to each wearer's unique foot shape to absorb shock and cushion the foot. The foam's properties allow the shoe to change with the wearer's foot as it shrinks and swells throughout the day. Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center originally developed temper foam in the early 1970s to relieve the intense pressure of G-forces experienced by astronauts during rocket launches. Tempur-Pedic, Inc., further developed the foam and granted Modellista a license to use it in footwear. The Modellista collection is the first shoe design and construction to be certified by the Space Awareness Alliance. The shoes, with designs ranging from traditional clog shapes to sling backs and open-toe sandals, are currently available nationwide at select specialty shoe stores and through catalogs. Tempur(TM) is a registered trademark of Tempur-Pedic, Inc.

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NASA NTRS1976

Comfort for Sportsmen

MPI Outdoor Safety Products developed aluminized mylar to make Echo Satellites more reflective, to insulate cryogenic fluids, and for space suit insulation. This technology has spun off to a variety of consumer products. Sportsman's blankets and jackets, ski parkas, sleeping bags, and even life-raft canopies are among them. Sportsman's blanket weighing 12 ounces can be used equally well to keep heat away or keep available heat in. Emergency rescue blanket has heat retention qualities similar to those of Sportsman's blanket. Strong enough to be used as a litter, yet folds up so small you can carry it in your shirt pocket. 10 ounce reversible jacket absorbs warmth from sun. A silver colored side next to your body retains a large portion of body heat. In warm weather you wear silver side out to reflect sun's rays.

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NASA NTRS2004

Covered in Comfort

In 1988, NASA began working with private industry to develop thermally adaptive phase-change materials that could be applied to astronauts suits and gloves for better protection against the bitter cold and scorching heat encountered in space.

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NASA NTRS2013

Spacesuit Materials Add Comfort to Undergarments

Phase change materials (PCMs) were one of the technologies NASA used to help astronauts maintain a "just right" temperature in their space gloves. To incorporate PCMs in spacesuit fabrics, Johnson Space Center collaborated with Outlast Technologies Inc. In 2011, Jockey International, headquartered in Kenosha, Wisconsin, released a line of men's and women's undergarments incorporating the NASA technology

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NASA NTRS2014

NASA Standards Inform Comfortable Car Seats

NASA developed standards, which included the neutral body posture (NBP), to specify ways to design flight systems that support human health and safety. Nissan Motor Company, with US offices in Franklin, Tennessee, turned to NASA's NBP research for the development of a new driver's seat. The 2013 Altima now features the new seat, and the company plans to incorporate the seats in upcoming vehicles.

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DOE OSTI2012

Dew-Point Evaporative Comfort Cooling (Presentation)

Presentation on innovative indirect evaporative cooling technology developed by Coolerado Corporation given at the Rocky Mountain Chapter ASHRAE conference in April 2012.

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DOE OSTI2012

High Comfort - Low Impact Concepts For Buildings and Cities

This lecture provides an overview of what Transsolar is doing in the field of sustainable buildings and cities. Topics covered include: Why sustainability for buildings and cities; What does sustainability mean for buildings and cities; The company's "KlimaEngineering" approach; and Project examples.

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DOE OSTI2015

Technology Solutions Case Study: Overcoming Comfort Issues Due to Reduced Flow Room Air Mixing

Energy efficiency upgrades reduce heating and cooling loads on a house. With enough load reduction and if the HVAC system warrants replacement, the HVAC system is often upgraded with a more efficient, lower capacity system that meets the loads of the upgraded house. In this project, IBACOS studied when HVAC equipment is downsized and ducts are unaltered to determine conditions that could cause a supply air delivery problem and to evaluate the feasibility of modifying the duct systems using minimally invasive strategies to improve air distribution.

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DOE OSTI2016

SUPERVISORY CONTROL FOR PEAK REDUCTION IN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WHILE MAINTAINING COMFORT

This paper describes a supervisory control strategy for limiting peak power demand by small and medium commercial buildings while still meeting the business needs of the occupants. This control strategy has two features that make it relevant to new and existing buildings. First, it is designed to operate with building equipment, such as air conditioning and refrigeration systems, as they are presently installed in most small and medium commercial buildings. Because of this, the supervisory control could be realized as a software-only retrofit to existing building management systems. Second, the proposed control acts as a supervisory management layer over existing control systems, rather than replacing them outright. The primary idea of this approach is that the controls for individual building equipment request energy resources for a control action and the supervisory control examines the requests and decides which control actions to allow while satisfying a limit on peak power demand.

Nutaro, James J↗
DOE OSTI2018

New Rating Opening Windows to a World of Comfort, Opportunity, and Cost-Effective Savings

Window attachments offer a huge, cost-effective energy-saving opportunity that remains largely untapped. The newly launched window attachment energy rating and certification program, through the Attachments Energy Rating Council (AERC), is altering the way people think about residential and commercial window attachments by providing reliable, easy-to-understand energy performance information to consumers. Window attachments, such as blinds, shades, shutters, awnings, and low-emissivity (low-e) storm windows, represent an enormous existing market. With 64% of U.S. homes having single- or double-pane clear (non-low-e) less-efficient windows, the savings opportunity is significant. Studies of model homes show energy savings of 10% or more after installing more efficient storm window and cellular shades technologies (AERC 2016).In a study conducted by Efficiency Vermont, 68% of respondents had concerns with their existing windows and could benefit from an upgrade (Efficiency Vermont 2016).Through AERC, window attachment products are rated based on their Energy Performance (EP). The EP metric is an easy-to-understand comparative metric created for consumers. This rating not only allows consumers to make more informed decisions when buying attachments products, but also creates a new energy savings measure for utilities and efficiency programs to incentivize energy efficient window attachment products. This paper will outline the savings potential of window attachments, introduce the AERC rating program, detail the methodology behind the Energy Performance ratings, and explain the AERCalc tool that generates the ratings.

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