Air-conditioning apparatus and air-conditioning control method

An air-conditioning apparatus that executes a precooling operation or a preheating operation in at least one of first and second air-conditioned spaces, the air-conditioning apparatus comprising:

• first and second pre-presence-in-room information obtaining devices, wherein each pre-presence-in-room information obtaining device is configured to obtain presence-in-room information set by a user, wherein the first pre-presence-in-room information obtaining device is installed in the first air-conditioned space, and the second pre-presence-in-room information obtaining device is installed in the second air-conditioned space;
• and
• a plurality of controllers, wherein
• a first one of the controllers is installed in the first air-conditioned space, and a second one of the controllers is installed in the second air-conditioned space,
• the first one and the second one of the controllers can communicate with one another,
• the first one and the second one of the controllers are configured to execute the precooling operation or the preheating operation in the first and the second air-conditioned spaces on the basis of a result obtained by the first and the second pre-presence-in-room information obtaining devices, respectively,
• the first one of the controllers sets a presence-in-room start set temperature, which serves as a target temperature at a presence-in-room start scheduled time of the user, in the first air-conditioned space,
• the second pre-presence-in-room information obtaining device includes a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature in the second air-conditioned space,
• in a case in which the first one of the controllers determines, based on information from the second pre-presence-in-room information obtaining device, that a user is present in the second air-conditioned space before the start of the user's presence in the first air conditioned space, in the precooling operation and the preheating operation of the first air-conditioned space, the first one of the controllers sets a temperature that is detected by the temperature sensor when the user is present in the second air-conditioned space as the presence-in-room start set temperature of the first air-conditioned space, and
• in a case in which the first one of the controllers determines, based on information from the second pre-presence-in-room information obtaining device, that the user is outdoors before the start of the user's presence in the first air conditioned space, in the precooling operation and the preheating operation of the first air-conditioned space, the first one of the controllers sets a temperature that is computed based on an outdoor temperature as the presence-in-room start set temperature of the first air-conditioned space.