Comparison of residential thermal comfort in two different climates in Australia

Jeong, Bongchan; Kim, Jungsoo; Chen, Dong; Dear, Richard de

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108706

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“…It has been already shown that these criteria, based on a significant deviation from the comfort limits set by EN15251, are not very restrictive for this type of building and are not always representative of the number of complaints reported by the occupants [21]. It is, therefore, crucial to properly (re)consider (this also probably depending on the room type) the applicability and the limits of adaptive thermal comfort principles and strategies in residential buildings (EN15251 was originally established from data collected in offices) [43,44].…”

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Indoor Summer Thermal Comfort in a Changing Climate: The Case of a Nearly Zero Energy House in Wallonia (Belgium)

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While the potential impact of climate change mitigation measures is well documented in building sciences literature, there are only relatively sparse studies focusing on the efficiency of adaptation strategies. This paper aims to contribute to this topic by evaluating the extent to which the design of a typical nearly Zero Energy Buildling (nZEB) house in Wallonia (Belgium), and its current operation, could provide summer thermal comfort in a changing climate. Based on calibrated whole building energy simulations, and on the integration of future climate data directly derived from a high-resolution climate model, this study evaluates the potential evolution of overheating risks in the living room and in the main bedroom of the house. Discussing the compliance with existing overheating criteria, the study shows that the passive strategies currently deployed in the house might not be sufficient to guarantee summer thermal comfort especially in the bedroom, and that other strategies might be necessary in the future to limit the use of active cooling systems and curb their environmental impacts. This study concludes that considering the potential of these strategies to guarantee summer thermal comfort in a changing climate should be a priority for the design of nZEB houses (and their related policies) also in temperate oceanic climates.

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confidence: 99%