会议专题

COMFORT DRIVEN ADAPTIVE WINDOW OPENING BEHAVIOR AND THE INFLUENCE OF BUILDING DESIGN

It is important to understand and model the behaviour of occupants in buildings and how this behaviour impacts energy use and comfort. It is similarly important to understand how a buildings design affects occupant comfort, occupant behaviour and ultimately the energy used in the operation of the building. In this work a behavioural algorithm for window opening developed from field survey data has been implemented in a dynamic simulation tool. The algorithm is in alignment with the proposed CEN standard for adaptive thermal comfort. The algorithm is first compared to the field study data then used to illustrate the impact of adaptive behaviour on summer indoor temperatures and heating energy. The simulation model is also used to illustrate the sensitivity of the occupant adaptive behaviour to building design parameters such as solar shading and thermal mass and the resulting impact on energy use and comfort. The results are compared to those from other approaches to model window opening behaviour. The adaptive algorithm is shown to provide insights not available using non adaptive simulation methods and can assist in achieving more comfortable and lower energy buildings.

Thermal comfort Adaptation Behaviour Window Overheating

P.Tuohy H.B.Rijal M.A.Humphreys J.F.Nicol A.Samuel J.Clarke

Energy Systems Research Unit, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University, OX3 0BP, UK

国际会议

第10届建筑模拟国际会议

北京

英文

2007-09-03(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)