Abstract: An action management method includes generation processing and acquisition processing. The generation processing includes generating a schedule in accordance with an arrangement order of a plurality of action modules. The plurality of action modules represent respective actions to be performed by a target person. The schedule indicates an order in which the target person is supposed to perform the actions. The acquisition processing includes acquiring an action log indicating an execution status in which the target person is following the schedule.

Abstract: A behavior induction system includes an obtaining unit which obtains physiological information of a subject and a non-subject, a communicating unit which communicates with a first device which gives a presentation to induce a behavior of the subject and a second device operated by the non-subject to instruct the first device to give the presentation, and a control unit which controls the first device and/or the second device through the communicating unit based on the obtained physiological information of the subject and the non-subject. The control unit includes an evaluating unit which evaluates mental states of the subject and the non-subject based on the obtained physiological information, and a determining unit which determines control content of the first device and/or the second device based on the evaluation result from the evaluating unit. The communicating unit outputs the control content to the first device and/or the second device.

Abstract: The air-conditioning system includes: an opening/closing device opening and closing an openable portion in an opening of a building; an air-conditioning device performing air-conditioning inside the building by consuming energy for operation; a monitoring device monitoring environmental information regarding the inside and outside of the building; and a controller controlling the opening/closing device and the air-conditioning device based on the environmental information from the monitoring device, date and time information representing a current date and time, building information representing a location condition of the building, and draft information determined by parameters including an opening area and an opening shape in the openable portion.

Abstract: The instruction device according to the present invention is used in an air conditioning system. In a case where evaluation information concerning comfort of an air environment of an indoor space for person(s) in the indoor space corresponds to discomfort and a difference between first data on the air environment of the indoor space and second data on an air environment of an outdoor space is not less than a prescribed value, the instruction device creates setting information to use only a first air conditioning device for causing movement of air between the indoor and outdoor spaces when determining that the comfort can be improved by the first air conditioning device, and creates setting information to use a second air conditioning device for controlling the air environment of the indoor space by consuming energy resource when determining that the comfort cannot be improved by the first air conditioning device.

Abstract: In a ventilation control device, a ventilation-path setting unit is configured to set a ventilation path based on environmental information acquired by an information acquisition unit. A ventilation-quantity setting unit is configured to set a ventilation quantity based on the environmental information and the ventilation path. The ventilation-path setting unit sets a plurality of candidate paths having priorities in descending order of expected ventilation effects. In the case where a first candidate path having the highest priority is identical with a previously set ventilation path, the ventilation-path setting unit sets the first candidate path as the ventilation path, when a difference value between a room temperature previously acquired and a room temperature presently acquired is equal to or more than a threshold. The ventilation-path setting unit sets, as the ventilation path, a second candidate path having the second highest priority, when the difference value is less than the threshold.

Abstract: The air-conditioning system includes: an opening/closing device opening and closing an openable portion in an opening of a building; an air-conditioning device performing air-conditioning inside the building by consuming energy for operation; a monitoring device monitoring environmental information regarding the inside and outside of the building; and a controller controlling the opening/closing device and the air-conditioning device based on the environmental information from the monitoring device, date and time information representing a current date and time, building information representing a location condition of the building, and draft information determined by parameters including an opening area and an opening shape in the openable portion.

Abstract: A ventilation control device is a device for setting a ventilation path in an object space of wind flowing in/out through a plurality of openings between the object space and the outside of the building. The plurality of openings is disposed in a building. An air conditioner performs air-conditioning in the building. The ventilation control device includes: a ventilation-path setting unit; and an output unit. The ventilation-path setting unit sets the ventilation path so that a ventilation path in the object space, in a state in which the air conditioner operates, differs from a path of wind sent from the air conditioner. The output unit outputs path information indicating the ventilation path set by the ventilation-path setting unit.

Abstract: The instruction device according to the present invention is used in an air conditioning system. In a case where evaluation information concerning comfort of an air environment of an indoor space for person(s) in the indoor space corresponds to discomfort and a difference between first data on the air environment of the indoor space and second data on an air environment of an outdoor space is not less than a prescribed value, the instruction device creates setting information to use only a first air conditioning device for causing movement of air between the indoor and outdoor spaces when determining that the comfort can be improved by the first air conditioning device, and creates setting information to use a second air conditioning device for controlling the air environment of the indoor space by consuming energy resource when determining that the comfort cannot be improved by the first air conditioning device.

Abstract: The thermal storage control system includes a plurality of thermal storage, a ventilation pathway, a plurality of opening-closing members, and a control part. The plurality of thermal storage bodies are each provided with ventilation holes. The ventilation pathway is formed to include the ventilation holes and has a plurality of pathways from a first end to a second end so that air passes from the first end to the second end. The plurality of opening-closing members is configured to open or close the ventilation pathway. The control part is configured to individually switch control the plurality of opening-closing members. The control part is configured to switch a pathway through which an indoor air passes in the ventilation pathway by individually controlling opening and closing of the plurality of opening-closing members based on temperature of each thermal storage body and temperature of the indoor air.

Abstract: A side-face illuminating optical fiber comprising a core 1 transmitting therethrough light entering from an incident end of the optical fiber, a cladding 2 made of silica aerogel which covers an outer peripheral surface of the core, a transparent coating layer 3 which covers an outer periphery of the cladding, and an illuminating portion formed at least in a part of an interface between the core and the cladding. The light transmitting though said core radiates through the illuminating portion to the cladding.