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What is the best way to measure electronically the "feels like" temperature then, if air temperature is not a good metric?

I'd like to hack my thermostat and heating system to maintain the same temperature inside year round, but as the article explains, the air temperature sensors are pretty much useless to determine how hot or cold it feels.

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The article mentions that you can track the Temperature of surfaces with an "inexpensive infrared thermometer". Then you could calculate the "operative temperature" as the average of Mean radiant and the air temperature.

But yeah, if you want to fully automate it you'll need to figure out a way to gather those readings from the various surfaces.

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