scholarly journals Building Thermal Comfort Research Based on Energy-Saving Concept

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Feiran Xue ◽  
Jingyuan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Wind Speed ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Thermal Sensation ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Heat Sensation ◽  
Heating Energy Consumption

Under the trend of building green and comfortable development, effective control of building energy consumption has become one of the problems that countries are actively facing to solve. People’s demand for residential buildings has changed from the past survival type to a comfortable and livable type. The high level of heating energy consumption is worthy of in-depth study. In order to reduce energy consumption, realize the mapping of energy-saving concepts in buildings, and understand the energy consumption of different building materials and the influence of external factors on human thermal comfort, this book has conducted research on building thermal comfort based on energy-saving concepts. First of all, this article introduces the concept and application mode of energy-saving concepts in buildings and the concept of thermal comfort and the SET index of standard effective temperature, including the two-node model and the algorithm involved in the Fanger heat balance equation. In the experimental part, a model based on the concept of energy saving was designed to predict and analyze the energy consumption and thermal comfort effects of the building. In the analysis part, a comprehensive analysis of the effects of temperature, humidity, wind speed, and gender on thermal comfort, methods to improve thermal comfort, cumulative load changes with the heat transfer coefficient of windows, and the effects of windows of different materials on energy consumption was performed. At the same temperature, the wind speed is different, and the degree of heat sensation is also different. When the wind speed is 0.18 m/s and the temperature is 28°C, the thermal sensation is 0.32, and the human sensation is close to neutral. When the wind speed increases to 0.72 m/s, the heat sensation drops to −0.45, and the human body feels neutral and cool. It can be seen that the increase in wind speed has a certain compensation effect on the thermal sensation of the human body. When the wind speed does not change, increase the air temperature. For example, when the wind speed is 0.72 m/s, the temperature is 28°C, and the thermal sensation is −0.45, and when the temperature is increased to 29°C, the thermal sensation is 0.08, which shows that the temperature is improving the thermal sensation of the human body which has a certain offsetting effect. By studying the thermal comfort of buildings based on energy-saving concepts, it is possible to obtain the effect of external factors on thermal comfort, thereby optimizing building materials and using building materials with lower heat transfer coefficients to reduce heating energy consumption.

Investigation Progress of Phase Change Building Materials

2014 ◽  
Vol 672-674 ◽  
pp. 1828-1832
Author(s):  
Hai Yang Ni ◽  
Xiao Qin Zhu ◽  
Jin Hu ◽  
Yu Bie ◽  
Liang Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Heating Energy Consumption ◽  
And Function ◽  
Important Significance

Phase change building materials are a category of building materials with the integration of structure and function, which can be achieved by phase change materials composite with the traditional building materials. They have such characteristics as the improvement of energy saving efficiency in buildings, the decrease of heating energy consumption and the adjustment of thermal comfort in the room environment etc. Therefore, phase change building materials are one of the most efficient means of energy utilizations, which has important significance for promoting their investigation and applications of energy saving in buildings.

scholarly journals Indoor Environment Intelligent Control System of Green Building Based on PMV Index

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Tiandong Shao
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Wind Speed ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Intelligent Control ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Intelligent Control System

With the development and progress of society, people have higher and higher requirements for indoor high temperature and humidity environment. The traditional air conditioning system uses temperature and humidity as control parameters, which has a single control goal, low comfort, and high energy consumption. The purpose of this study is to use predicted mean vote (PMV) thermal comfort index and green building to analyze the intelligent control system of indoor environment. Our intelligent research platform is a set of “intelligent” experimental platforms. The sample data were divided into human metabolic rate, human external work, and heat resistance of clothes, temperature, and air. According to the PMV value, velocity, relative humidity, and average radiation temperature are divided into three categories, which are composed of seven parameters. According to the survey results, PMV at 24°C fluctuates around 0.5, which is an important value for human thermal comfort, and people will feel more comfortable. When the temperature reaches 26°C, the PMV index will reach 0.6 or even more than 0.6, and the human body will be in an unpleasant state due to overheating. In addition, the higher the wind speed is, the smaller the PMV value is and the stronger the cooling effect is. The higher the temperature is, the smaller the influence of wind speed on PMV value is. In other words, the sensitivity of the human body to wind speed will be reduced. In this study, the PMV index intelligent control system can adjust the indoor environment properly, and the conclusion is that the energy consumption and use effect are superior to air conditioning equipment. This research has contributed to the development of intelligent buildings.

Efficient Concept of Low Energy Building

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud A. Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Low Energy

Low energy architect is a major target of building researchers and designers worldwide. Obviously, any portion of energy that can be saved in this respect can be directed to industrial processes, if any. Building energy consumption can be reduced through various systems such as air conditioning (a major building energy consumer), lighting, equipment, etc. In regions where energy is limited or scarce, air conditioning would have to be replaced by natural ventilation for the removal of the building heat load for thermal comfort. Also, energy conservation issues are being more important in hot arid regions, especially because the building are consuming more than 60% of electric energy generated and about 65% of this energy is consumed for cooling. There is a set of complex factors, which determine energy needs in building, such as solar radiation, type of A/C systems, building operation, thermal properties of the building envelop... etc. In the present decade the aim is to discuss the advantage of energy efficient building design. There is several ways to reduce the energy consumed for the human comfort process, but what is the most energy efficient or more energy saving from these ways. One of these is the insulation, which can be used for insulating the wall and the roof, which subjected to the large amount of the solar heat gain. The insulation of the roof is intended to maximize resident’s thermal comfort and minimize energy consumption of housing. The parameters, which are effect on the thermal performance of the roof, are the color, general construction, insulation and ventilation. This paper present the effect of insulation of the roof on the amount of energy consumed for different types of insulation in order to select the suitable insulation which give the minimum cost and maximum energy saving. This work was done using an energy software program (Visual DOE). This paper provided suggestions to improve the building construction for the thermal comfort. A parametric analysis was investigated for the economic analysis of various insulating building materials.

Simulation of Residential Energy Consumption Based on Software of DeST

2013 ◽  
Vol 448-453 ◽  
pp. 1269-1272
Author(s):  
Zhao Chen ◽  
Li Bai ◽  
Feng Li
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
System Design ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Heating System ◽  
Residential Energy ◽  
Residential Energy Consumption ◽  
Heating Energy Consumption ◽  
Uneven Heating ◽  
The City

In this paper, the software of DeST was used to simulate the heating energy consumption by the year of a typical energy-saving residential building in the city of Changchun. Comparing the energy consumption of the top and bottom,the middle room and the edges rooms ,we get the reasons for the uneven heating and put forward the corresponding solutions, which provide the reference for heating system design.

The Heating Energy Consumption Analysis and Energy Saving Transformation for the New Rural Apartment

2015 ◽  
Vol 744-746 ◽  
pp. 2318-2323
Author(s):  
Xiao Rui Liu ◽  
Shu Hui Xu ◽  
Yang Guo ◽  
Qing Ru Hao
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
North China ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Energy Consumption Analysis ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Heating Energy Consumption

The main purpose of this test is to analysis heating energy consumption in new rural apartments in north china. At the first, we analysis the present situation of energy consumption and feature for new apartment in north china, then we proposed the measures to improve the performance of energy saving thermal insulation in new apartment in the area of north china, we conducted comparative analysis for energy consumption in new apartment before and after energy saving.

Optimal Design for the Room Temperature Control and Household Heat Metering System

2013 ◽  
Vol 724-725 ◽  
pp. 969-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Fu ◽  
Yong Jie Zhang ◽  
Jian Dong Ye ◽  
Jian Yun Jiang ◽  
Fan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Temperature Control ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Heat Metering ◽  
Building Energy Saving ◽  
Heating Energy Consumption

With the improvement of peoples living standard, decreasing of heating energy consumption is significant for building energy saving. The practice of household heat metering system can accelerate the promotion process of household metering, regulation and control. This can improve the indoor thermal comfort of residential building and energy saving awareness, so that it will promote the development of building energy saving and emission reduction. In this paper, room temperature control and household heat metering system are optimally designed, and intelligent on-off valve regulation is developed to control room temperature. The results show that heat waste is greatly reduced by using household heat metering system and a better thermal comfort is obtained.

The Natural Primary Type of Energy-Saving in Changangtang Ancient Village in Huadu District, Guangzhou

2011 ◽  
Vol 224 ◽  
pp. 229-234
Author(s):  
Lin Lin ◽  
Bing Xun Ren ◽  
Dao Dian Lu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
River System ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Natural Energy ◽  
Wall Materials ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Primary Type ◽  
The Village

Taking Changangtang ancient village in Guangzhou as a case, this paper investigated the village location, the village layout, as well as building structures and building materials regarding their contributions to energy saving. It is found that the location and the surrounding of artificial river system form natural energy-saving environment, the overall layout of “comb pattern” complies to the local predominant wind direction in summer which go further in reducing the energy consumption in building, the courtyard enhances the ventilation and lighting, and the "Black brick with loam brick inside " form of material for wall, materials used for roofs, and dimensions of doors and windows all contribute to energy-saving.

scholarly journals Efficiency of Energy Consumption between Reinforced Concrete Structure and Cross-Laminated Timber Based Hybrid Structure in East Asian Cities

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Meng-Ting Tsai ◽  
Wei-Ting Lin
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Hybrid Structure ◽  
Rc Beams ◽  
Structure System ◽  
Asian Cities ◽  
Energy Consumptions ◽  
Wooden Structures

From the environmental perspective, wooden structures are favorable insulators that are suitable for carbon fixation and wooden-related products are considered the most sustainable material. Research has indicated that wooden structures have superior energy-saving performance compared to reinforced concrete (RC) structures. In this study, a CLT-based hybrid structure system that potentially improves the efficiency of energy consumption is proposed. The proposed hybrid structure system, which preserved original RC beams, columns and replaced CLT floors and walls, has less building weight compared to the original RC building. Additionally, less energy required for the manufacturing of building materials in the renovation of the aged building is achieved, compared to building a new CLT building. The energy consumptions for buildings with heights of 10 stories were compared. CLT and RC were selected as benchmark building materials to compare the energy-saving efficiencies with the proposed hybrid structure system. In addition, to examine the energy consumption differences at different latitudes, the energy consumptions in Taipei, Tokyo, Harbin, and Singapore were compared as well. The simulation results indicate the proposed hybrid structure system, which comprises RC beams and columns and CLT floors and walls, and has an energy-saving efficiency close to that of a CLT structure, by approximately 3–5% higher, however, had a superior energy consumption performance to the RC structure. In general, the proposed hybrid structure system can be effectively used for old building renewal in the selected Asian cities.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TATA RUANG PADA PENGHAWAAN ALAMI RUMAH VERNAKULAR MELAYU PONTIANAK

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Tri Wibowo Caesariadi
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Wind Speed ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Earthquake Engineering ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Spatial Arrangement ◽  
Spatial Layout ◽  
Indoor Space ◽  
Vernacular House

Arsitektur vernakular adalah arsitektur yang memiliki respon yang baik terhadap iklim setempat. Hal ini juga berpengaruh terhadap kenyamanan termal dalam bangunan. Sebagai kota yang memiliki iklim tropis lembab, kenyamanan termal bangunan di Kota Pontianak banyak ditentukan oleh pergerakan angin yang terjadi di dalam bangunan. Adaptasi terhadap iklim pada rumah vernakular melayu Pontianak tidak hanya pada penggunaan elemen bangunan seperti bukaan dan bahan bangunan, juga pada tata ruang yang khas, di antaranya terdapat teras, ruang tengah serta pelataran belakang yang memisahkan rumah induk dengan rumah anak. Tujuan penelitian adalah melihat apakah tata ruang ini berpengaruh terhadap penghawaan alami di ruang dalam. Penelitian dilakukan dengan pengukuran di lapangan terhadap variabel kenyamanan termal, terutama temperatur dan kelajuan angin. Kemudian hasil pengukuran dianalisis secara deskriptif kuantitatif dan dilihat hubungan antara variabel dengan tata ruang, yaitu bagaimana temperatur dan kelajuan angin yang berbeda terjadi di setiap ruang, sehingga dapat ditarik kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tata ruang di rumah vernakular melayu Pontianak, yaitu hadirnya teras dan pelataran belakang turut berperan dalam penghawaan alami yang terjadi di ruang dalam. Teras berperan dalam menurunkan temperatur luar yang masuk ke dalam bangunan (30,74 °C di ruang luar, lalu 29,84 °C di teras depan, dan 29,09 °C di ruang dalam). Pelataran belakang serta tata ruang dalam memberikan pergerakan angin yang lebih baik, ditunjukkan dengan selisih yang kecil antara kelajuan angin di ruang dalam dengan ruang luar pada rumah dengan pelataran belakang (0,51 m/s) dibandingkan dengan rumah tanpa pelataran belakang (0,77 m/s).Kata-kata Kunci: penghawaan alami, vernakular, tata ruangEFFECT OF SPACE LAYOUT TO NATURAL VENTILATION IN MELAYU PONTIANAK VERNACULAR HOUSEVernacular architecture is architecture that has good response to local climate. This also affects the thermal comfort in the building. As a city that has a humid tropical climate, the thermal comfort of buildings in Kota Pontianak is largely determined by the movement of the wind that occurs inside the building. Adaptation to climate in Pontianak's melayu vernacular house is not only on the use of building elements such as openings and building materials, but also on the typical spatial layout, including a terrace, a central room and a back veranda that separates the main house from the secondary house. The aim of the study was to see whether this spatial arrangement has an effect on natural ventilation in the indoor space. The study was conducted with measurements of thermal comfort variables, especially temperature and wind speed. Then the measurement results were analyzed descriptively quantitatively and viewed the relationship between variables and spatial arrangement – i.e. how the temperatures and wind speed differ in each rooms – so that conclusions could be drawn. The results showed that the layout in Pontianak's melayu vernacular house, namely the presence of terraces and back veranda, played a role in the natural ventilation that occurred in the indoor space. The terrace plays a role in reducing the outside temperature that enters the building (30.74 °C in the outdoor, then 29.84 °C on the front terrace, and 29.09 °C in the indoor). Back veranda and spatial layout provide better wind movement, indicated by small difference between the speed of wind in the indoor and the outdoor space of the house with back veranda (0.51 m/s) compared to the house without back veranda (0.77 m/s).Keywords: natural ventilation, vernacular, spatial layoutREFERENCESBoutet, Terry S. (1987) Controlling Air Movement: A Manual for Architects and Builders. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.Caesariadi, Tri Wibowo; Kalsum, Emilya (2011) Climatic Responsive Space in Melayu Pontianak House: A Preliminary Study. The CIB Inter-national Conference: Enhancing the Locality in Architecture, Housing and Urban Environment. January 22, 2011. Yogyakarta.Engin, N.; Vural, N.; Vural, S.; Sumerkan, M.R. 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