scholarly journals Interaction between Thermal Comfort, Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Energy Consumption of Educational Buildings: A Comprehensive Review

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 591
Author(s):  
Lin-Rui Jia ◽  
Jie Han ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Qing-Yun Li ◽  
Chi-Chung Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Considerable Proportion ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Educational Buildings

Thermal comfort and indoor air quality (IAQ) of educational buildings can affect students’ academic performance and well-being and are closely related to ventilation energy consumption. Demands of the indoor environmental quality within the classroom generally vary with the education levels and result in ventilation energy consumption accounting for a considerable proportion of the total energy use in bulk educational buildings. Its huge energy-saving potential is attracting worldwide attention from scholars and governments. Therefore, appropriate operation strategies of ventilation systems should be adopted to effectively reduce energy consumption without sacrificing thermal comfort and IAQ. However, the absence of relevant standards and guidelines for designing a quality classroom environment considering the special features of educational buildings remains an important research question. This study conducts a comprehensive review to determine research gaps and identify future directions for the interaction between thermal comfort, IAQ and ventilation energy consumption for educational buildings. The review results show that: (1) The thermal comfort prediction model should consider the influences of genders, ages and socioeconomic backgrounds; (2) The mixed-mode ventilation coupling the natural and mechanical approaches is preferred given its advantage of lower energy consumption and improved thermal comfort, but its control strategies need further exploration; (3) Optimizing passive design parameters of buildings (e.g., window to wall ratios, window orientations and sun shading installations) can significantly reduce the ventilation demands while maintaining indoor thermal comfort; (4) More studies are required for investigating thermal comfort in educational buildings during the heating period; and (5) IAQ of university buildings clearly requires further studies, especially on bacterial and fungal aerosol pollutants, for a more comprehensive assessment of the built environment.

A review on thermal comfort, indoor air quality and energy consumption in temples

2020 ◽  
pp. 102013
Author(s):  
Ahmet Yüksel ◽  
Müslüm Arıcı ◽  
Michal Krajčík ◽  
Mihriban Civan ◽  
Hasan Karabay
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air

AN EVALUATION OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OCCUPANT WELL-BEING IN MANITOBA SCHOOL BUILDINGS

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Radwan ◽  
Mohamed H. Issa
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Green School

This exploratory research aims to evaluate indoor environmental quality in the classrooms of three school buildings in Southern Manitoba, Canada, and to evaluate the well-being of these schools' teachers as it pertains to their perception of their classrooms' indoor environment. The schools include a middle-aged, conventional school; a new, non-green school; and a new, green school certified using the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system. The methodology involved using a mobile instrument cart to conduct snapshot measurements of thermal comfort, indoor air quality, lighting and acoustics in classrooms and an occupant survey to evaluate teachers' long-term satisfaction with their classrooms' indoor environmental quality. The results showed that the new, green and new, non-green schools' classrooms performed better than the conventional, middle-aged school's classrooms with respect to some aspects of thermal comfort and indoor air quality only. Teachers in the new, green school and in the new, non-green school were more satisfied than teachers in the conventional, middle-aged school with their classrooms' overall indoor environmental quality, lighting quality and indoor air quality. Surprisingly, the new, green and new-non green school classrooms' performance were very comparable with the new, green school's classrooms performing statistically significantly better with respect to relative humidity. Similarly, none of the differences in teachers' satisfaction ratings between the new, green and new, non-green school were statistically significant.

scholarly journals Energy Efficiency – Indoor Air Quality Dilemma in Educational Buildings

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Līva Asere
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Educational Buildings ◽  
Ventilation Systems

The largest energy consumer in Europe is the building sector, which uses about 40 % of total energy consumption and generates around 36 % of total CO2 emissions in the EU [1], [2]. Rising trends in energy consumption can be observed globally due to the demand of citizens for increased comfort, wider use of electrical equipment as well as other reasons. As energy consumption increases, climate change is promoted. In a number of areas energy could be used more efficiently, minimizing its consumption and, thus, resulting in a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve carbon neutrality in 2050 in Europe Union, ambitious targets have been set, such as improving energy efficiency by 41 %, using 100 % of renewable energy sources and reducing greenhouse gas emissions of 80 % to 100 % [1], [3], [4]. Energy efficient buildings help to reduce heat consumption. State and local authorities need to set an example by improving the energy efficiency of their own buildings in order to encourage changes in other buildings as well. Moreover, the introduction of energy efficiency measures in buildings owned by the public sector contributes to the objectives of national climate policy. However, increasing energy efficiency has resulted in buildings becoming more airtight and natural ventilation systems need to be replaced by mechanical ventilation. However, this, in turn, leads to additional energy consumption costs. To avoid cost increases, building managers do not operate or operate unsatisfactory ventilation systems creating unfavourable indoor air quality. This creates a dilemma of energy efficiency and indoor air quality, which reduces performance of building occupants. This dilemma reduces pupils’ performance in educational buildings, reducing their chances of obtaining a good education and in the future working with higher added value which in turn reduces the country’s gross domestic product. The objective of the Thesis is to perform an assessment on energy efficiency – indoor air quality dilemma in educational buildings, its impact analyses on national prosperity, and to propose a solution to the prevention of the dilemma. The Thesis is based on six thematic joint scientific publications. The thesis consists of an introduction and three chapters. Four hypotheses have been formulated in the work that are further studied by various research methods, including system dynamic modelling, measurements in real sites and cost-benefit analysis. The thesis begins with an introduction continuing with a literature review of the topics. Chapter 2 presents the study methods. Chapter 3 examines the results obtained during the study and at the end of the Thesis, the findings are summarised according to the hypotheses.

scholarly journals Seasonal Analysis Comparison of Three Air-Cooling Systems in Terms of Thermal Comfort, Air Quality and Energy Consumption for School Buildings in Mediterranean Climates

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4436
Author(s):  
María Jesús Romero-Lara ◽  
Francisco Comino ◽  
Manuel Ruiz de Adana
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Cooling Systems ◽  
Climate Zones

Efficient air-cooling systems for hot climatic conditions, such as Southern Europe, are required in the context of nearly Zero Energy Buildings, nZEB. Innovative air-cooling systems such as regenerative indirect evaporative coolers, RIEC and desiccant regenerative indirect evaporative coolers, DRIEC, can be considered an interesting alternative to direct expansion air-cooling systems, DX. The main aim of the present work was to evaluate the seasonal performance of three air-cooling systems in terms of air quality, thermal comfort and energy consumption in a standard classroom. Several annual energy simulations were carried out to evaluate these indexes for four different climate zones in the Mediterranean area. The simulations were carried out with empirically validated models. The results showed that DRIEC and DX improved by 29.8% and 14.6% over RIEC regarding thermal comfort, for the warmest climatic conditions, Lampedusa and Seville. However, DX showed an energy consumption three and four times higher than DRIEC for these climatic conditions, respectively. RIEC provided the highest percentage of hours with favorable indoor air quality for all climate zones, between 46.3% and 67.5%. Therefore, the air-cooling systems DRIEC and RIEC have a significant potential to reduce energy consumption, achieving the user’s thermal comfort and improving indoor air quality.

Effects of Partition on Thermal Comfort, Indoor Air Quality, Energy Consumption, and Perception in Air-Conditioned Buildings

2016 ◽  
Vol 138 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradip Aryal ◽  
Thananchai Leephakpreeda
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Concentration ◽  
Peak Time ◽  
Cfd Analysis

This research is to assess effects of a partition on thermal comfort, indoor air quality (IAQ), energy consumption, and perception in an air-conditioned space via computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. The variables of indoor air are numerically determined before/after installation/removal of a partition. Accordingly, predicted mean vote (PMV) of thermal comfort, carbon dioxide concentration, rate of energy consumption in making up air, and an overall perception index are proposed to quantify effects in a partitioned space. For a case study, a partition is used to tightly separate a study area from a rest area in a library during peak time. The CFD analysis is performed so that the mean differences between the measured and simulated variables at 14 locations are less than 5%. After partitioning in the CFD analysis, it is found that the average PMV value decreases to −1.4 in the rest area, and it remains at −0.7 in the study area where occupants perceive a slightly cool sensation. In the study area, the carbon dioxide concentration increases to 450–500 ppm, while the rate of energy consumption increases by 8.3%. From the overall perception index of 0.9, the occupants feel spacious in the partitioned areas. Therefore, installing the partition is encouraged with the recommendation that cooling supply can be reduced for energy savings. It is apparent that the proposed methodology yields quantitative indicators for decision making of installation/removal of partitions. The interior investigation of partitions in buildings can be performed before making real physical changes.

The Potential of Natural Ventilation in Single-Sided Ventilated Apartment to Improve Indoor Thermal Comfort and Air Quality

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. Mohamed ◽  
M. Behnia ◽  
S. King ◽  
D. Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Architectural Element ◽  
Flat Design ◽  
Effective Ventilation ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Ventilation Performance

Cross ventilation is a more effective ventilation strategy in comparison to single-sided ventilation. In the NSW Residential Flat Design Code1 (RFDC) the majority of apartments are required to adopt cross ventilation. However, in the case of studio and one-bedroom apartments, it is acknowledged that single-sided ventilation may prevail. Deep plan studio and one-bedroom apartments may achieve lower amenity of summer thermal comfort and indoor air quality where mechanical ventilation is not provided by air conditioning. Since compliance with the code may allow up to 40% of apartments in a development in Sydney to be single sided, it is important to understand the natural ventilation performance of such apartments. The objective of this paper is to investigate the natural ventilation potential in single-sided ventilated apartments to improve indoor air quality and thermal comfort. This investigation includes simulating various facade treatments involving multiple opening and balcony configurations. Balcony configurations are included in this study because, in Sydney, a balcony is a compulsory architectural element in any apartment building. The study uses computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software to simulate and predict the ventilation performance of each apartment configuration. This study suggests that properly configured balconies and openings can significantly improve indoor ventilation performance for enhanced indoor air quality and thermal comfort, by optimizing the available prevailing wind. However, it is important to note that inappropriately designed fac¸ade treatments also could diminish natural ventilation performance.

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