scholarly journals Relationship Between Dynamic Thermal Properties, Energy Consumption and Comfort with Different Building Envelopes in a Canadian Building

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Pépin ◽  
Louis Gosselin ◽  
Jonathan Dallaire
Keyword(s):  
Heat Capacity ◽  
Thermal Properties ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Quebec City ◽  
Thermal Mass ◽  
Building Envelopes ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Energy Intensities

An office building located in Quebec City (Canada) with different envelope assemblies has been simulated in order to determine the energy consumption and thermal comfort that they provide. The resistance, thermal mass, and materials (concrete, cross-laminated timbers (CLT), and light-frame) are varied in a series of 164 different scenarios and the energy intensities for heating and cooling determined in each case, along with the discomfort index. Results show that the materiel used to provide thermal mass has a larger impact on comfort and energy consumption than the value of the thermal mass thickness itself. It was also attempted to correlate the performance of the envelope and its thermal mass with three dynamic thermal properties (i.e., dynamic transmittance, areal heat capacity, and decrement factor). Apart from thermal resistance, the internal areal heat capacity appeared to be the most important variable to explain variations of performance of the envelope.

scholarly journals Heating and cooling requirement of an office building and urban rooftop greenhouse

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Vickers
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Thermal Mass ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Several Variables ◽  
Potential Impact

Urban agriculture is an important step towards food security in cities where rooftop space is abundant, and underused. This research addresses the potential impact of adding a rooftop greenhouse to a six storey, detached office building on the total heating and cooling energy consumption of both structures operated year‐round, using IES‐VE simulation software. Several variables including the level of insulation between the office building and greenhouse, additional thermal mass, the greenhouse envelope and greenhouse internal loads were tested to observe trends that suggest an impact on the system’s conditioning energy due to the presence of the greenhouse. Overall, it was found to be most likely that the greatest energy savings for an integrated office building and rooftop greenhouse would be achieved with the highest resistance greenhouse envelope possible, which may be limited by the light needs of plants grown in the greenhouse, and incorporation of thermal mass in the greenhouse.

scholarly journals Heating and cooling requirement of an office building and urban rooftop greenhouse

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Vickers
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Thermal Mass ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Several Variables ◽  
Potential Impact

Urban agriculture is an important step towards food security in cities where rooftop space is abundant, and underused. This research addresses the potential impact of adding a rooftop greenhouse to a six storey, detached office building on the total heating and cooling energy consumption of both structures operated year‐round, using IES‐VE simulation software. Several variables including the level of insulation between the office building and greenhouse, additional thermal mass, the greenhouse envelope and greenhouse internal loads were tested to observe trends that suggest an impact on the system’s conditioning energy due to the presence of the greenhouse. Overall, it was found to be most likely that the greatest energy savings for an integrated office building and rooftop greenhouse would be achieved with the highest resistance greenhouse envelope possible, which may be limited by the light needs of plants grown in the greenhouse, and incorporation of thermal mass in the greenhouse.

Measurement of the Thermal Properties of Innovative Highly-Insulating Non-Structural Concretes

2019 ◽  
Vol 390 ◽  
pp. 41-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Kušnerová ◽  
Marta Harničárová ◽  
Jan Valíček ◽  
Zuzana Palková ◽  
Zdenko Tkáč ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Capacity ◽  
Thermal Properties ◽  
Mass Parameter ◽  
Thermal Characteristic ◽  
Cementitious Composites ◽  
Thermal Mass ◽  
Volumetric Heat Capacity ◽  
Materials Selection ◽  
Material Parameters ◽  
Measurement Results

Thermal characteristic of insulation concretes is one of the key components in materials selection especially in civil constructions. In this article, non–tabulated material parameters of some innovative highly-insulating non-structural concretes are presented. The specific volumetric heat capacity, specific heat capacity, parameter of temperature diffusivity and thermal mass parameter of the innovative highly-insulating cementitious composites were determined. The experiments were conducted using a prototype automated calorimetric chamber. The measurement results are compared with those obtained by using a commercial multifunctional instrument (Isomet 2114) and are accompanied by the measurement of other significant thermal parameters of the cementitious composites under investigation. The results indicated that there is potential of using the newly created types of concrete for insulation purposes.

scholarly journals Thermal mass impact on energy performance of a low, medium and heavy mass building in Belgrade

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (suppl. 2) ◽  
pp. 447-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bojan Andjelkovic ◽  
Branislav Stojanovic ◽  
Mladen Stojiljkovic ◽  
Jelena Janevski ◽  
Milica Stojanovic
Keyword(s):  
Building Energy ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Energy Requirements ◽  
Space Heating ◽  
Thermal Mass ◽  
Mass Concrete ◽  
Building Energy Performance ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Space Cooling

Heavy mass materials used in building structures and architecture can significantly affect building energy performance and occupant comfort. The purpose of this study was to investigate if thermal mass can improve the internal environment of a building, resulting in lower energy requirements from the mechanical systems. The study was focused on passive building energy performance and compared annual space heating and cooling energy requirements for an office building in Belgrade with several different applications of thermal mass. A three-dimensional building model was generated to represent a typical office building. Building shape, orientation, glazing to wall ratio, envelope insulation thickness, and indoor design conditions were held constant while location and thickness of building mass (concrete) was varied between cases in a series of energy simulations. The results were compared and discussed in terms of the building space heating and cooling energy and demand affected by thermal mass. The simulation results indicated that with addition of thermal mass to the building envelope and structure: 100% of all simulated cases experienced reduced annual space heating energy requirements, 67% of all simulated cases experienced reduced annual space cooling energy requirements, 83% of all simulated cases experienced reduced peak space heating demand and 50% of all simulated cases experienced reduced peak space cooling demand. The study demonstrated that there exists a potential for reducing space heating and cooling energy requirements with heavy mass construction in the analyzed climate region (Belgrade, Serbia).

scholarly journals Impact of orientation and building envelope characteristics on energy consumption case study of office building in city of Nis

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (Suppl. 5) ◽  
pp. 1499-1509
Author(s):  
Miomir Vasov ◽  
Jelena Stevanovic ◽  
Veliborka Bogdanovic ◽  
Marko Ignjatovic ◽  
Dusan Randjelovic
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Climatic Data ◽  
Building Energy Efficiency ◽  
Maximum Difference ◽  
Heating And Cooling

Buildings are one of the biggest energy consumers in urban environments, so its efficient use represents a constant challenge. In public objects and households, a large part of the energy is used for heating and cooling. The orientation of the object, as well as the overall heat transfer coefficient (U-value) of transparent and non-transparent parts of the envelope, can have a significant impact on building energy needs. In this paper, analysis of the influence of different orientations, U-values of envelope elements, and size of windows on annual heating and cooling energy for an office building in city of Nis, Serbia, is presented. Model of the building was made in the Google SketchUp software, while the results of energy performance were obtained using EnergyPlus and jEplus, taking into ac-count the parameters of thermal comfort and climatic data for the area of city of Nis. Obtained results showed that, for varied parameters, the maximum difference in annual heating energy is 15129.4 kWh, i. e per m2 27.75 kWh/m2, while the maximum difference in annual cooling energy is 14356.1 kWh, i. e per m2 26.33 kWh/m2. Considering that differences in energy consumption are significant, analysis of these parameters in the early stage of design process can affect on increase of building energy efficiency.

Uses of Glass in Architecture: Heat Losses of Buildings Based on Translucent Structures

2014 ◽  
Vol 680 ◽  
pp. 481-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yury Nikitin ◽  
Vera Murgul ◽  
Nikolay Vatin ◽  
Viktor Pukhkal
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Properties ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Heat Losses ◽  
Building Envelopes ◽  
Heating Systems ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
The City

At present time translucent structures have appeared to be the most crucial issues regarding building envelopes in relation to high heat losses in the cold periods of the year. Development of the methods to improve thermal properties of translucent structures is considered to be an up-to-date issue. Heat losses of exhibition halls with varied dimensions ratio and energy consumption of heating systems have been determined for the case of the city of Saint-Petersburg (Russia)

A Case Study on the Verification of Passive Office Energy Performance Comparing Actual Energy Consumption to Simulation Result

2013 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 427-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Sun Ko ◽  
Sang Tae No
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Office Building ◽  
Simulation Accuracy ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Insulation Thickness ◽  
Actual Energy Consumption ◽  
Heating And Cooling Load

The objective of this study is to verify energy performance of passive office building compared to existing building using computer simulation tool, EnergyPlus. S building was selected as a passive office building, which is the first passive office building in KOREA, and the building satisfy the passive house standard. The annual energy consumption data were compared to the heating and cooling load result of EnergyPlus, to verify simulation accuracy. The conditions of existing building were selected from Korean envelope standard and the categories of the conditions are the insulation thickness and glazing composition. As a result, the passive office showed 28% reduced energy consumption, compared to the existing building, with ordinary envelope under Korean building envelope standard.

Influence of Thermal Properties Accuracy on Transient Conduction Models

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Vargas ◽  
Aura L. Lo´pez de Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Heat Capacity ◽  
Thermal Properties ◽  
Transient State ◽  
Variable Properties ◽  
Volumetric Heat Capacity ◽  
Cooling Process ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Temperature Variable ◽  
The One ◽  
Typical Temperature

The influence of thermal properties accuracy on the heat transfer mathematical models in transient state for food was studied in this work. To pursue this objective, a model in transient state with temperature variable thermal properties was solved using the method of finite differences and the alternate implicit direction scheme to a food inside a cylindrical container under a sudden heating and cooling process, similar to a method of sterilization and/or pasteurization. The model takes into account a linear dependence of the properties with the temperature. An analysis of the behavior of the main thermal properties of the food based on temperature is presented in this article. The results showed that the prediction of the transient state model is more sensitive to perturbations in the values of volumetric heat capacity than thermal conductivity and diffusivity; however, the volumetric heat capacity varies considerably less with temperature. Models with constant properties yield minor deviations when they are evaluated at typical temperature of the cooling or heating processes. The use of the constant thermal diffusivity model with diffusivity is suggested to be evaluated at temperatures between the average and the final heating or cooling process to ensure deviations less than 5%, between the exact model and the simplified one. This solution is considerably simpler than the one obtained with the variable properties model.

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