Patent ID: 8036778

Claim:
An air-conditioning system for supplying conditioned air to a plurality of users located in a target space, the air-conditioning system comprising: an air-conditioning unit switchable between local air-conditioning and overall air-conditioning, with airflows being directed into part of the target space during local air-conditioning and airflows being directed throughout the entire target space during overall air-conditioning; a state quantity data acquisition unit configured to acquire state quantity data of a requester moving in or into the target space; and a control unit configured to calculate a comfort assessment value for the requestor and a comfort assessment value for a neighbor of the requestor in order to assess a predetermined range as being comfortable to the requester and the neighbor, the comfort assessment values being calculated based on at least the data acquired by the state quantity data acquisition unit and an operating state of the air-conditioning unit, and to control the air-conditioning unit such that the local air-conditioning for the requester is performed to an extent whereby the comfort assessment value of the neighbor is kept in the predetermined range, and the comfort assessment value of the requester is within the predetermined range.