scholarly journals Improvements in Energy Saving and Thermal Environment after Retrofitting with Interior Insulation in Intermittently Cooled Residences in Hot-Summer/Cold-Winter Zone of China: A Case Study in Chengdu

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2776
Author(s):  
Xin Ye ◽  
Jun Lu ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Yupeng Wang ◽  
Hiroatsu Fukuda
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Average Energy ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Cold Winter ◽  
The South ◽  
Indoor Thermal Environment ◽  
Space Cooling

Space cooling is currently the fastest-growing end-user in buildings. The global warming trend combined with increased population and economic development will lead to accelerated growth in space cooling in the future, especially in China. The hot summer and cold winter (HSCW) zone is the most densely populated and economically developed region in China, but with the worst indoor thermal environment. Relatively few studies have been conducted on the actual measurements in the optimization of insulation design under typical intermittent cooling modes in this region. This case study was conducted in Chengdu—the two residences selected were identical in design, but the south bedroom of the case study residence had interior insulation (inside insulation on all opaque interior surfaces of a space) retrofitted in the bedroom area in 2017. In August 2019, a comparative on-site measurement was done to investigate the effect of the retrofit work under three typical intermittent cooling patterns in the real-life scenario. The experimental result shows that interior insulation provides a significant improvement in energy-saving and the indoor thermal environment. The average energy savings in daily cooling energy consumption of the south bedroom is 42.09%, with the maximum reaching 48.91%. In the bedroom with interior insulation retrofit, the indoor temperature is closer to the set temperature and the vertical temperature difference is smaller during the cooling period; when the air conditioner is off, the room remains a comfortable temperature for a slightly longer time.

Study on the Thermal Performance of the Vernacular Dwellings in Wei-He Plain of Shaanxi Province

2012 ◽  
Vol 476-478 ◽  
pp. 1589-1595
Author(s):  
Yi Ping Zhu ◽  
Xi Liao ◽  
Shu Yun Wu ◽  
Jing Luo ◽  
Yuan Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Thermal Insulation ◽  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Indoor Thermal Environment ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys

Based on indoor thermal environment test and questionnaire surveys, the paper studies on thermal insulation capacity and indoor thermal environment of the vernacular dwellings in Wei-he Plain of Shaanxi Province, China, and analyses their heating methods and application status. Besides, the popularity of sustainable techniques in local area has been evaluated and summarized. Moreover, the paper discusses the present problems in local indoor thermal environment and energy-saving status.

scholarly journals Effects of Building Microclimate on the Thermal Environment of Traditional Japanese Houses during Hot-Humid Summer

Buildings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayaz Hosham ◽  
Tetsu Kubota
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Cooling Effect ◽  
Shading Effect ◽  
Indoor Thermal Environment ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Outdoor Spaces ◽  
Open Plan ◽  
Indoor Spaces

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of building microclimate on the indoor thermal environment of traditional Japanese houses, focusing especially on the shading effect of trees as well as the cooling effect of spraying water. Basically, the indoor thermal environment was found to follow the outdoor conditions due to the open-plan and lightweight wooden structure. Nevertheless, air temperatures of the living rooms in the two case study houses were lower than the corresponding outdoors by approximately 0.5 °C and 2 °C, respectively. It was found that the semi-outdoor spaces acted as thermal buffers for promoting cross-ventilation as well as pre-cooling to provide “warm but breezy” conditions to the surrounding indoor spaces. The results showed that the surface temperature of semi-outdoor spaces can be reduced by shading and water spraying, among which shading has prolonged effects and water spraying can reduce the surface temperature during peak hours and the following night.

scholarly journals Building a non-homogeneous environment for high effective cooling in the face of deep mines

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian Li ◽  
Houli Fu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Average Energy ◽  
Air Distribution ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Cooling Load ◽  
Cooling Strategy ◽  
The Face ◽  
Air Cooler ◽  
Homogeneous Environment

Abstract Heat exhaustion of mining environments can cause a great threat to human health. The existing cooling strategies for the mine face aim to cool the whole face. However, the area of effective air-cooling space for the face is small, and a great amount of energy for cooling is ineffective. Effective air-cooling space is a space occupied by the workers in the face. This study proposed to build a non-homogeneous environment for high effective cooling in the face. An inlet air cooler was laid out in the intake airway to cool the whole face to some extent, and the tracking air cooler was designed to track the worker who constantly moved to improve the thermal environment. The cooling load and air distribution for this cooling strategy were investigated. In addition, the airflow in the face was numerically solved to estimate the cooling effect. The results revealed that an average energy saving of approximately 35% could be achieved. The thermal environment of the effective air-cooling space within at least 10 m was significantly improved. This cooling strategy should be taken into account in mine cooling.

scholarly journals Evaluating Insulation, Glazing and Airtightness Options for Passivhaus EnerPHit Retrofitting of a Dwelling in China’s Hot Summer–Cold Winter Climate Region

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 6950
Author(s):  
Chenfei Liu ◽  
Stephen Sharples ◽  
Haniyeh Mohammadpourkarbasi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Cold Winter ◽  
Winter Climate ◽  
Climate Region ◽  
Low Energy Consumption ◽  
Insulation Performance

Passivhaus EnerPHit is a rigorous retrofit energy standard for buildings, based on high thermal insulation and airtightness levels, which aims to significantly reduce building energy consumption during operation. However, extra retrofit materials are required to achieve this standard, which raises a contradiction between how to balance the environmental impacts of the retrofitting material inputs and extremely low energy consumption after retrofit. This motivated the analysis in this paper, which aimed to evaluate the possibilities of reducing the required retrofitting material inputs when trying to achieve the EnerPHit energy standard using a typical suburban dwelling in China’s hot summer–cold winter climate region as a case study. Firstly, how the insulation performance of each envelope component affected the building’s energy consumption was analysed. Based on this, sensitivity simulations of combinations of different insulation levels with different fabric components were investigated under four scenarios of insulation levels, airtightness and glazing choice. The final proposed retrofitting plans achieved the EnerPHit standard with insulation materials’ savings between 18% to 58% compared to a baseline retrofit plan, and this led, in turn, to 3.9 to 12.6 tonnes of carbon reductions. Moreover, an energy-saving of 87% in heating and 70% in cooling was achieved compared with the pre-retrofit dwelling.

Study on Energy-Saving Renovation of Existing Heating Masonry-Concrete Residential Buildings

2011 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Guo ◽  
Min Fang Su ◽  
Xiao Jun Jin
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Indoor Thermal Environment ◽  
Consumption Situation ◽  
Current Energy

Based on the current energy consumption situation of existing masonry-concrete residential buildings in China, it discussed the main energy-saving renovation policies and technologies. Taking existing masonry-concrete residential building of Taiyuan city as a case, it analyzed its heat loss situations, energy-saving renovation design and reconstruction technologies of building envelope. It discussed energy-saving renovation effects. Energy efficiency and indoor thermal environment improved significantly after energy-saving renovation. The building life is extended.

scholarly journals Indoor Thermal Environment Long-Term Data Analytics Using IoT Devices in Korean Apartments: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 7334
Author(s):  
Hyunjun Yun ◽  
Jinho Yang ◽  
Byong Hyoek Lee ◽  
Jongcheol Kim ◽  
Jong-Ryeul Sohn
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Temperature Management ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Indoor Thermal Environment ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
Term Monitoring

IoT-based monitoring devices can transmit real-time and long-term thermal environment data, enabling innovative conversion for the evaluation and management of the indoor thermal environment. However, long-term indoor thermal measurements using IoT-based devices to investigate health effects have rarely been conducted. Using apartments in Seoul as a case study, we conducted long-term monitoring of thermal environmental using IoT-based real-time wireless sensors. We measured the temperature, relative humidity (RH), and CO2 in the kitchen, living room, and bedrooms of each household over one year. In addition, in one of the houses, velocity and globe temperatures were measured for multiple summer and autumn seasons. Results of our present study indicated that outdoor temperature is an important influencing factor of indoor thermal environment and indoor RH is a good indicator of residents’ lifestyle. Our findings highlighted the need for temperature management in summer, RH management in winter, and kitchen thermal environment management during summer and tropical nights. This study suggested that IoT devices are a potential approach for evaluating personal exposure to indoor thermal environmental risks. In addition, long-term monitoring and analysis is an efficient approach for analyzing complex indoor thermal environments and is a viable method for application in healthcare.

Indoor Thermal Environment Simulation by Using MATLAB and Simulink

2010 ◽  
Vol 29-32 ◽  
pp. 2785-2788
Author(s):  
Jian Yao ◽  
Jin Xu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Cold Winter ◽  
Performance Simulation ◽  
Application Study ◽  
Indoor Thermal Environment ◽  
Energy Efficient Buildings ◽  
Environment Simulation

To compare the indoor thermal environment under different building envelope constructions, a Matlab-based tool was presented for building envelope performance simulation. An application study of two cases illustrates energy efficient buildings can provide more suitable indoor environment than non-energy efficient buildings in cold winter and hot summer. In conclusion, this paper provides a new and fast way for the prediction of indoor thermal environment.

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