Comparative Study of the Indoor Thermal Environment of Three Rural Residences in Southwest Region of Shandong Province

2012 ◽  
Vol 433-440 ◽  
pp. 1828-1835
Author(s):  
Li Li Zhang ◽  
Yi Xun ◽  
En Shen Long ◽  
Jin Long Ouyang ◽  
Li Li Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Shandong Province ◽  
Cold Climate ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Indoor Thermal Environment ◽  
Southwest Region ◽  
Rural Residences ◽  
Heat And Moisture ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor

In the southwest region of Shandong province, villagers spontaneously adopt various ways to resist the cold climate in winter. In this paper, first we selected three typical rural residences in the region as case buildings. The three residences respectively use different heating ways for better indoor thermal environment, honeycomb briquette, Kang and furnable-heating. Then, we measured and compared the heat and moisture parameters of indoor and outdoor environment of the three residences. Finally, with the results of measurement and comparison, we proposed some methods to improve indoor thermal environment of rural residences, and economical ways of heating to enhance quality of villagers life, and provide technical support for new rural construction.

Thermal Environment of Traditional Dwelling Houses in Dry Hot and Dry Cold Climate Zone of China in Winter

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 178-183
Author(s):  
Deng Jia Wang ◽  
Yan Feng Liu ◽  
Jia Ping Liu ◽  
Jing Hua Liu
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Gansu Province ◽  
Cold Climate ◽  
Brick Wall ◽  
Indoor Temperature ◽  
Indoor Thermal Environment ◽  
Solar Radiation Intensity ◽  
Wind Chill Index ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor

In order to master the indoor thermal environment of the traditional dwelling houses in dry hot and dry cold climate zones in winter, the east Gansu province is taken for example to study. Indoor and outdoor air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation intensity and wind speed were obtained by using field-tested methods for the traditional dwelling houses in this region in winter, and the clothing form and activity of people were surveyed by way of questionnaire. And then, the influence of house orientation, indoor heat sources and insulation on the indoor thermal environment is analyzed, the WCI (wind chill index) is used to evaluate the indoor and outdoor thermal environment at last. The results show that: the indoor temperature can raise about 8.3 °C when the house orientation is better and Chinese kang as the heating heat source. The good practice on local structure is worthy of following for other houses, such as adobe posted solid brick wall, double windows, wooden sash windows and so on. However, people still feel very cool or cold about the indoor temperature for much of the day, and even people feel very cold for 5% of the day. At the end of thesis, some methods about the indoor thermal environment improvement are proposed.

scholarly journals Importance of Behavioral Adjustments for Adaptive Thermal Comfort in a Condominium with HEMS System

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-170
Author(s):  
Rajan KC ◽  
Hom Bahadur Rijal ◽  
Masanori Shukuya ◽  
Kazui Yoshida
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Adaptive Behaviors ◽  
Outdoor Air ◽  
Indoor Thermal Environment ◽  
Indoor Thermal Comfort

The energy use in residential dwellings has been increasing due to increasing use of modern electric appliances to make the lifestyle easier, entertaining and better. One of the major purposes of indoor energy use is for improving indoor thermal environment for adjusting thermal comfort. Along with the use of passive means like the use of mechanical devices, the occupants in any dwellings use active means such as the use of natural ventilation, window opening, and clothing adjustment. In fact, the use of active means when the outdoor environment is good enough might be more suitable to improve indoor thermal environment than the use of mechanical air conditioning units, which necessarily require electricity. Therefore, the people in developing countries like Nepal need to understand to what extent the occupants can use active means to manage their own indoor thermal comfort. The use of active means during good outdoor environment might be an effective way to manage increasing energy demand in the future. We have made a field survey on the occupants’ adaptive behaviors for thermal comfort in a Japanese condominium equipped with Home Energy Management System (HEMS). Online questionnaire survey was conducted in a condominium with 356 families from November 2015 to October 2016 to understand the occupants’ behaviors. The number of 17036 votes from 39 families was collected. The indoor air temperature, relative humidity and illuminance were measured at the interval of 2-10 minutes to know indoor thermal environmental conditions. The occupants were found using different active behaviors for thermal comfort adjustments even in rather harsh summer and winter. Around 80% of the occupants surveyed opened windows when the outdoor air temperature was 30⁰C in free running (FR) mode and the clothing insulation was 0.93 clo when the outdoor air temperature was 0⁰C. The result showed that the use of mechanical heating and cooling was not necessarily the first priority to improve indoor thermal environment. Our result along with other results in residential buildings showed that the adaptive behaviors of the occupants are one of the primary ways to adjust indoor thermal comfort. This fact is important in enhancing the energy saving building design.

Impact of Outdoor Environments on the Quality of Life

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Muhammad Abu Eusuf ◽  
MA Mohit ◽  
MMR Sami Eusuf ◽  
Mansor Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Outdoor Thermal Environment ◽  
Outdoor Environments ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Open Access Article

The characteristics of outdoor environment in urban spaces and morphology distress the quality of life (QoL) of urban dwellers and visitors. The main purpose of this study is to develop an extensive hypothesis on the parametric evaluation related to the adaptation of the urban environment and dweller’s QoL by methodical literature review, field observation and proposal on an alternative design strategy. The parameters include microclimate, urban space and traffic, waste management and other influencing factors are desired to envisage for effective investigation. Factors play a key role on the variation of QoL and instinctively affect the dwellers approach and comportment.    Keywords: Outdoor thermal environment; microclimate; urban space and urban community; human attitude and behaviour. eISSN 2514-751X © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i10.311

Test on Indoor Thermal Environment of Haidong Region in Qinghai Province China in Winter

2012 ◽  
Vol 476-478 ◽  
pp. 2266-2270
Author(s):  
Xi Ping Zhao ◽  
Ye Liu ◽  
Ming Zhe Gao
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Qinghai Province ◽  
Indoor Thermal Environment ◽  
Human Thermal Comfort ◽  
House Construction ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor

Selecting a residence of eastern region of Qinghai province as the research object, the author conducted the test on indoor temperature and relative humidity in winter. Based on the analysis of test data, quantitative assessment was made on residential thermal environment in different passive energy saving measures. The results showed that houses with additional sunspaces or the houses with passive technology can still reach the basic requirement of human thermal comfort even in the absence of heating measures. In the daytime, indoor and outdoor temperature could reach to 21.4 °C. According to the test results, passive energy saving measures should be adopted in house construction in order to adapt to the local climate. This way can effectively improve the local building indoor thermal environment in winter.

scholarly journals Measuring and analyzing environment parameters of Dalian Maple Leaf International School

2019 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 01033
Author(s):  
Yuanxiu Wang ◽  
Yingxin Zhang ◽  
Ziang Lin ◽  
Junyi Liu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
International School ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
Environment Parameters ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor

This paper mainly investigates and analyzes the environment quality of Dalian Maple Leaf International School. Firstly, indoor and outdoor environment parameters are measured, including air quality parameters, noise level parameters, and illuminance parameters. Secondly, by the comparison with environmental quality standards stipulated by China, the environment quality in Dalian Maple Leaf International School is assessed. Finally, some suggestions are given to improve the school environment quality.

scholarly journals Thermal-comfort evaluation of and plan for public space of Maling Village, Henan, China

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0256439
Author(s):  
Qindong Fan ◽  
Fengtian Du ◽  
Hu Li ◽  
Chenming Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Spatial Form ◽  
Outdoor Activities ◽  
Comfort Index ◽  
The Village ◽  
Microclimate Environment

The thermal environment of village public space affects the comfort of people ’ s outdoor activities, and then affects the willingness of residents to outdoor activities, which has an important impact on the villagers’ quality of life. Previously published studies of thermal comfort mostly focused on the evaluation of thermal comfort index, few studies on the application of thermal comfort planning. The study was carried out in Maling Village, Changdai Town, Mengjin County, Luoyang City, Henan Province, China. Square, street, green space were chosen as three typical public spaces where thermal comfort indexes were measured by questionnaire survey and field measurement during summer. Subsequently, the village’s microclimate environment was simulated with ArcGIS 10.6 and ENVI-met. The results indicate that during the summer, the influences of temperature, solar radiation, wind speed, and relative humidity on the subjective comfort conditions of the outdoor environment gradually decreased. The spatial form of village has an important influence on thermal comfort. Finally, based on the results, this study put forward the thermal comfort process and planning scheme of the village outdoor space.

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