Objective Thermal Comfort of Sport Facilities

Determination of Thermal Comfort in Indoor Sport Facilities Located in Moderate Environments: An Overview

Atmosphere ◽

10.3390/atmos10120769 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (12) ◽

pp. 769 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Fabio Fantozzi ◽

Giulia Lamberti

Keyword(s):

Thermal Comfort ◽

Thermal Environment ◽

Thermal Sensation ◽

Future Research ◽

Indoor Environmental Quality ◽

Indoor Environments ◽

Major Question ◽

Sport Practice ◽

Sport Facilities

In previous years, providing comfort in indoor environments has become a major question for researchers. Thus, indoor environmental quality (IEQ)—concerning the aspects of air quality, thermal comfort, visual and acoustical quality—assumed a crucial role. Considering sport facilities, the evaluation of the thermal environment is one of the main issues that should be faced, as it may interfere with athletes’ performance and health. Thus, the necessity of a review comprehending the existing knowledge regarding the evaluation of the thermal environment and its application to sport facilities becomes increasingly relevant. This paper has the purpose to consolidate the aspects related to thermal comfort and their application to sport practice, through a deep study concerning the engineering, physiological, and psychological approaches to thermal comfort, a review of the main standards on the topic and an analysis of the methodologies and the models used by researchers to determine the thermal sensation of sport facilities’ occupants. Therefore, this review provides the basis for future research on the determination of thermal comfort in indoor sport facilities located in moderate environments.

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Flow Patterns &Thermal Comfort around Spectators in Air Conditioned Sport Facilities

15th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference ◽

10.2514/6.2017-5089 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Essam E. Khalil

Keyword(s):

Thermal Comfort ◽

Flow Patterns ◽

Sport Facilities

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Thermal comfort of the sport facilities on the example of indoor tennis court

IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering ◽

10.1088/1757-899x/415/1/012024 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 415 ◽

pp. 012024 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S Bugaj ◽

P Kosiński

Keyword(s):

Thermal Comfort ◽

Tennis Court ◽

Sport Facilities

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Analysis of the Influence of Age on Human Thermal Comfort

ICCREM 2020 ◽

10.1061/9780784483237.020 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Boshuai Dong ◽

Chunjing Shang ◽

Ming Tong ◽

Jianhong Cai

Keyword(s):

Thermal Comfort ◽

Human Thermal Comfort

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Influence of trees on the energy consumption of a social housing in mid-western Brazil

WEENTECH Proceedings in Energy ◽

10.32438/wpe.4819 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 53-65

Author(s):

Renata Domingos ◽

Emeli Guarda ◽

Elaise Gabriel ◽

João Sanches

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Solar Radiation ◽

Thermal Comfort ◽

Air Conditioning ◽

Computational Simulation ◽

Building Energy ◽

General Idea ◽

Heat Island ◽

Study Region ◽

Ample Evidence

In the last decades, many studies have shown ample evidence that the existence of trees and vegetation around buildings can contribute to reduce the demand for energy by cooling and heating. The use of green areas in the urban environment as an effective strategy in reducing the cooling load of buildings has attracted much attention, though there is a lack of quantitative actions to apply the general idea to a specific building or location. Due to the large-scale construction of high buildings, large amounts of solar radiation are reflected and stored in the canyons of the streets. This causes higher air temperature and surface temperature in city areas compared to the rural environment and, consequently, deteriorates the urban heat island effect. The constant high temperatures lead to more air conditioning demand time, which results in a significant increase in building energy consumption. In general, the shade of the trees reduces the building energy demand for air conditioning, reducing solar radiation on the walls and roofs. The increase of urban green spaces has been extensively accepted as effective in mitigating the effects of heat island and reducing energy use in buildings. However, by influencing temperatures, especially extreme, it is likely that trees also affect human health, an important economic variable of interest. Since human behavior has a major influence on maintaining environmental quality, today's urban problems such as air and water pollution, floods, excessive noise, cause serious damage to the physical and mental health of the population. By minimizing these problems, vegetation (especially trees) is generally known to provide a range of ecosystem services such as rainwater reduction, air pollution mitigation, noise reduction, etc. This study focuses on the functions of temperature regulation, improvement of external thermal comfort and cooling energy reduction, so it aims to evaluate the influence of trees on the energy consumption of a house in the mid-western Brazil, located at latitude 15 ° S, in the center of South America. The methodology adopted was computer simulation, analyzing two scenarios that deal with issues such as the influence of vegetation and tree shade on the energy consumption of a building. In this way, the methodological procedures were divided into three stages: climatic contextualization of the study region; definition of a basic dwelling, of the thermophysical properties; computational simulation for quantification of energy consumption for the four facade orientations. The results show that the façades orientated to north, east and south, without the insertion of arboreal shading, obtained higher values of annual energy consumption. With the adoption of shading, the facades obtained a consumption reduction of around 7,4%. It is concluded that shading vegetation can bring significant climatic contribution to the interior of built environments and, consequently, reduction in energy consumption, promoting improvements in the thermal comfort conditions of users.

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