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Second, the model that is not mainly for an individual human model leads to the failure of the thermal comfort system to fulfill the human\u2019s comfort preference. In this paper, a cyber\u2013physical human centric system (CPHCS) framework is proposed to take advantage of individual human thermal comfort to improve the human\u2019s thermal comfort level while optimizing the energy consumption at the same time. Besides that, the physiology parameter from the heart rate is well-studied, and its correlation with the environmental factors, i.e., PMV, air speed, temperature, and relative humidity are deeply investigated to reveal the human thermal comfort level of the existing energy efficient thermal comfort control (EETCC) system in the smart home environment. Experimental results reveal that there is a tight correlation between the environmental factors and the physiology parameter (i.e., heart rate) in the aspect of system operational and human perception. 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