Thermal comfort providing is one of the biggest uses of energy in building. For giving better human comfort, the suitable operation\nconditions of air-conditioner are the most important. The quick and right approach is necessary. In this paper, a small office is\nstudied to improve office staff staying for a long period of time and achieve the thermal comfort environment for reducing energy\nconsumption.Commercial software, Solid works, is utilized form odeling the facilities and the Flow Simulation module for analyzing\nthe air properties of the indoor space. Four types of air-conditioner operation are applied to set the simulated conditions, including\nexterior temperature, outlet temperature and wind speed of air-conditioner, and location of air-conditioner. Predicted mean vote\n(PMV) and predicted percent dissatisfied (PPD) at specific office areas are further acquired through dynamic an thropometry. For\nseeking the optimal control factors, both of the full factorial method and Taguchi method are utilized to obtain the PMVof specified\nlocation. The analyzed result shows the evaluation speed of indoor thermal comfort by Taguchi method is faster than the full factorial\nmethod. It is concluded that software simulation with Taguchi method shows the successful implementation and higher\nefficiency for thermal comfort assessment.
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