scholarly journals Field study on adaptive thermal comfort models for nursing homes in the Mediterranean climate

2021 ◽  
pp. 111475
Author(s):  
N. Forcada ◽  
M. Gangolells ◽  
M. Casals ◽  
B. Tejedor ◽  
M. Macarulla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Adaptive Thermal Comfort ◽  
The Mediterranean

scholarly journals Window Design of Naturally Ventilated Offices in the Mediterranean Climate in Terms of CO2 and Thermal Comfort Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hardi K. Abdullah ◽  
Halil Z. Alibaba
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Computational Modelling ◽  
Co2 Concentration ◽  
The North ◽  
Adaptive Thermal Comfort ◽  
Adaptive Comfort ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Window Design

Natural ventilation through window openings is an inexpensive and effective solution to bring fresh air into internal spaces and improve indoor environmental conditions. This study attempts to address the “indoor air quality–thermal comfort” dilemma of naturally ventilated office buildings in the Mediterranean climate through the effective use of early window design. An experimental method of computational modelling and simulation was applied. The assessments of indoor carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration and adaptive thermal comfort were performed using the British/European standard BS EN 15251:2007. The results indicate that when windows were opened, the first-floor zones were subjected to the highest CO2 levels, especially the north-facing window in the winter and the south-facing window in the summer. For a fully glazed wall, a 10% window opening could provide all the office hours inside category I of CO2 concentration. Such an achievement requires full and quarter window openings in the cases of 10% and 25% window-to-floor ratios (WFR), respectively. The findings of the European adaptive comfort showed that less than 50% of office hours appeared in category III with cross-ventilation. The concluding remarks and recommendations are presented.

A field study on seasonal adaptive thermal comfort of the elderly in nursing homes in Xi'an, China

2021 ◽  
pp. 108623
Author(s):  
Wuxing Zheng ◽  
Teng Shao ◽  
Yufan Lin ◽  
Yingluo Wang ◽  
Chunzhao Dong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Field Study ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Adaptive Thermal Comfort

Summer thermal comfort in nursing homes in the Mediterranean climate

2020 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 110442 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Forcada ◽  
M. Gangolells ◽  
M. Casals ◽  
B. Tejedor ◽  
M. Macarulla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
The Mediterranean

The degree of adaptive thermal comfort in office workers in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate

2020 ◽  
Vol 223 ◽  
pp. 110147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farah Al-Atrash ◽  
Runa T. Hellwig ◽  
Andreas Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Office Workers ◽  
Adaptive Thermal Comfort

Field study of mixed-mode office buildings in Southern Brazil using an adaptive thermal comfort framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 158 ◽  
pp. 1475-1486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Forgiarini Rupp ◽  
Richard de Dear ◽  
Enedir Ghisi
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Mixed Mode ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Adaptive Thermal Comfort

DSF studies towards energy efficiency for a tall building design in the Mediterranean climate

2020 ◽  
pp. 165-179
Author(s):  
T Saroglou ◽  
T Theodosiou ◽  
I. A. Meir
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
Building Design ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Tall Building ◽  
Energy Demands ◽  
The Mediterranean

Tall buildings around the world are increasing at an accelerating pace. However, this fast-pace development is not in tandem with today’s environmental considerations towards reducing high carbon emissions, mainly relating to the building sector (close to 50% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions). The vast scale and energy demands of tall buildings call for an in-depth study of this building typology towards improving energy efficiency. An important consideration for lowering energy demands is the configuration of the building envelope that acts as the mediator between indoor and outdoor conditions, according to the climate and microclimate of the building’s location. Current architectural practices of fully glazed curtain wall envelopes make this relationship problematic, by resulting in high-energy loads for achieving thermal comfort. Over the last few years, a step forward towards energy efficiency is the use of a double-skin façade (DSF). Its application, however, is lacking consideration of the specific climatic conditions that will essentially result in an energy efficient design. Previous research revealed that the most energy efficient DSF in the Mediterranean climate is with LowE glazing as the outside DSF layer. Further studies on DSF cavity width for a hot climate, were in favour of wider cavities, as these reduce the high cooling loads that are associated with this climate. Additionally, simulations of an office building in the Mediterranean climate, confirmed that cooling energy is also present during winter (airtight DSF), suggesting for a more active DSF envelope design throughout the year. A further study is then conducted through simulations, where the DSF design alternates between an open / closed DSF, and comparisons are made in relation to DSF width, building height above ground, outdoor environmental conditions and interior thermal comfort, for further improving the energy efficiency of tall building design.

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