scholarly journals A Sensor Network for Existing Residential Buildings Indoor Environment Quality and Energy Consumption Assessment and Monitoring: Lessons Learnt from a Field Experiment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Bourdeau ◽  
David Werner ◽  
Philippe Basset ◽  
Elyes Nefzaoui
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Indoor Environment Quality ◽  
Assessment And Monitoring

scholarly journals Perceived Acoustic Quality and Effect on Occupants’ Satisfaction in Green and Conventional Residential Buildings

Buildings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Zalejska-Jonsson
Keyword(s):  
Noise Level ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
General Satisfaction ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
Environmental Profile ◽  
Indoor Environment Quality ◽  
Acoustic Quality ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Very High

The study presented in this paper focuses on the subjective opinions of occupants of multistory residential buildings by examining the relationship between occupants’ satisfaction and indoor environment quality, and analysing the effect the problems experienced with noise level may have on general satisfaction and the perceived acoustic quality. The analysis is based on data collected through surveys addressed to adults living in green and conventional buildings. The results show that occupants are very satisfied with their apartments, and subjectively rated acoustic quality received very high scores. The responses indicate that noise from neighbours has been experienced relatively seldom by occupants; however, the analysis shows that it is the factor that has the strongest effect on satisfaction with acoustic quality. We have found that the environmental profile of a building has a significant effect on general satisfaction expressed by occupants; however, this effect has not been confirmed for acoustic quality.

scholarly journals A Novel Approach for the Definition of an Integrated Visual Quality Index for Residential Buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zanon ◽  
Callegaro ◽  
Albatici
Keyword(s):  
Quality Index ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Visual Quality ◽  
Color Temperature ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Indoor Environment Quality ◽  
Definition Of

Visual quality is an important component of indoor environment quality and greatly affects inhabitants’ perception of the living space. Nevertheless, the lighting design of residential buildings is usually underestimated by both designers and standards. This paper presents an integrated index for evaluating the visual quality of an indoor environment in residential buildings. The main parameters considered are daylight access, probability of glare from daylight and electric illumination, maintained illuminance, and color temperature. These aspects are evaluated throughout a whole year using a fixed set of metrics and are combined using relative weights. It was decided to also consider qualitative parameters in order to give more importance to some psychological aspects of visual comfort. Finally, the building visual quality index is obtained by a weighted average of the results of each room with the addition of the qualitative parameters. The applicability of the index was tested through the simulation of a dwelling that will be built and monitored in the context of the Comfort for Sustainable Buildings in the Alps (CASA) research project. The building visual quality index proved to be useful during the design process, allowing for improvements in both electric illumination and daylight access through a comparison of different solutions. This study could represent a step towards the holistic evaluation of indoor environment quality.

Developing a Green Building Assessment Tool for Schools (Case Study in Mosul City)

2012 ◽  
Vol 433-440 ◽  
pp. 5821-5827
Author(s):  
Hafsa Al Omari ◽  
E. Luma Al Dabbagh
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Local Context ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
Indoor Environment Quality ◽  
Building Assessment ◽  
The City

The green building or green architecture has come to light as a strong architectural movement at the end of 1990's and as a main trend in architectural practice. The architectural green is a modern architectural philosophy which deals with the competent relationship between the functional constructive systems and its vital environmental, by controlling the inputs and outputs of this system with the least negative effects on the environment and occupant's health, and the least energy consumption during the various stages of the building ( construction, operation, maintenance and destruction ) to achieve the functional activities and the inventive and efficient architectural structures. The importance of this movement lies in trying to achieve the sustainable development in its environmental, social and economic aspects because of the problems that developed and developing countries ( e.g. Iraq ) face such as energy consumption and pollution. Several international standards of different classifications, depending on local context of each country, has been appeared. Some of these tools are (BREEAM, LEED, CO-CHPS Colorado, GBTool, CASBEE) which aim to assess the performance of the building from green Architecture's perspective. Although there is a similarity in the classification levels including the sustainable location, how to use (water, energy and atmosphere, materials, resources) effectively, indoor environment quality and the design's innovation, they differ in other aspects that its importance relies on the environmental and local context. The problem of our research was the absence of the practical evaluation tool of the green building ( school buildings ) for the Iraq's local context in general and Mosul in particular, compatibly with the city climate. The research aims at making theoretical construction to identify the assessment indicators of the school buildings from green architecture's perspective, in order to create suitable and general assessment tool for schools building in Mosul city which can help improving the performance of these schools, decreasing the effect on the health, sparing energy coasts, and other benefits in the stages of the project ( pre-construction, construction, post-construction ). The research supposes that the multi-dimensional designing strategy is an active tool used in establishing the tool classification of assessment. For reaching goals, the research adopts the theoretical method and questionnaire. Finally, the research provides an assessment tool for school building in Mosul from the green architecture's perspective (AGBS) Green Building Assessment Tool for school ) in conformity with the local context of the city for enabling the designer to follow it in order to achieve the investment within his school architectural products. Results indicate six categories for assessment tool. First Sustainable Sites category (SS) which have the greatest weight 25.7%, , then Indoor Environment Quality(IEQ) 24.35667%. then Materials & Resources (M&R), Energy & Atomosphere (A&E), Water Efficiency(WE),and Innovotion in design (ID), have 17.32% ، 10.5% ، 3.987181% , Respectively.

Review on the Research of Indoor Environment Quality and Building Energy Consumption

2011 ◽  
Vol 90-93 ◽  
pp. 3043-3046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Bin Yang ◽  
Zhi Pan Gu ◽  
Ji Chun Yang ◽  
Guang Ping Lin
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Building Energy Consumption ◽  
Humid Climate ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
Adaptive Thermal Comfort ◽  
Indoor Environment Quality

This study reviews some published literatures to survey the recent research on indoor environment quality and building energy consumption. The indoor environment quality is categorized and defined as different indices and variables. The building energy consumption can be determined by ventilation rates, thermal comfort, adaptive thermal comfort, neutral temperature, set-point temperature, indoor air quality, air velocity, and non-occupied hours. Various climates or regions such as subtropical climates in Hong Kong, Italy, three climatic zones in Greece, hot and dry climates in Africa, hot and humid climate in Thailand, are contained. The building types include office buildings, commercial buildings and school buildings, and the data can be obtained from a simulation model or the field database. It can be concluded that the indoor environment quality has a significant influence on the building energy consumption, and a validated thermal model is be a practical tool to investigate the effect of the indoor environmental parameters.

scholarly journals Human Factors in Green Building: Building Types and Users’ Needs

Buildings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhonghua Gou
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Editorial Note ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Environment Quality ◽  
Indoor Environment Quality

The Special Issue on “Human Factors in Green Building” addresses the design of indoor environment quality for users’ needs. The collected papers cover various building types and the research highlights the different needs of users. In working environments, employees’ stress is the main concern in the workplace design, especially for open plan offices where lack of privacy and over exposure to environmental stress have been reported. In residential environments, residents have great opportunities to adjust their environments to suit their needs; therefore, passive design such as natural ventilation is explored in residential buildings with climates such as cold or humid tropical. In healthcare environments, the papers in this issue are concerned with the needs of patients, especially the older adults who require special care. In learning environments, thermal and visual aspects are investigated for optimal comfort conditions and learning outcomes. The special issue demonstrates insightful critical thinking of indoor environment quality and proposes a new understanding for more practical design solutions. This editorial note is a brief review of the 12 papers, concluding with reflections about design of built environments to meet users’ needs.

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