Thermostats control the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system of a building based on the temperature they measure. Integration with communication network technologies allows wireless sensors to be used as the temperature sensing component of an HVAC system, increasing the flexibility in the selection and positioning of sensors. This study compared the temperature measuring performance of nine wireless and two conventional wired temperature sensors against reference air and globe temperature sensors in a climate chamber with a two-person office setup. The influence of sensor position, room cooling system (all-air or radiant with ventilation) and cooling load (33, 61 W/m²) was studied.

Sensors placed at the same position had a measurement difference of up to 1.8 K, and assumptions about the type of temperature a sensor measures (air or globe) had the largest impact on the deviation from the reference temperatures. As opposed to common assumptions, conventional wired temperature sensors measured closer to globe temperature sensors and could be a possible indicator for the operative temperature. When the load settings were high, measurements in radiant system cases had smaller deviations from the reference sensors compared with all-air systems, due to the chilled surface compensating for the radiation from the loads.

温控器根据其测量的温度来控制建筑物的采暖，通风和空调（HVAC）系统。与通信网络技术的集成使无线传感器可用作HVAC系统的温度传感组件，从而增加了传感器选择和定位的灵活性。这项研究在一个有两个人的办公室设置的气候室内，比较了九个无线和两个传统的有线温度传感器与参考空气和地球温度传感器的温度测量性能。研究了传感器位置，房间冷却系统（全空气或带通风的辐射）和冷却负荷（33、61 W / m ²）的影响。

放置在同一位置的传感器的测量差异最大为1.8 K，关于传感器测量的温度类型（空气或地球仪）的假设对偏离参考温度的影响最大。与通常的假设相反，传统的有线温度传感器的测量距离地球温度传感器更近，并且可能是工作温度的可能指标。当负载设置较高时，辐射表面情况下的测量与全空气系统相比，与参考传感器的偏差较小，这是因为冷却表面补偿了负载的辐射。