Improvement of Indoor Living Environment by Occupants’ Preferences for Heat Recovery Ventilators in High-Rise Residential Buildings

Kim, Sang Min; Lee, Ji Hyun; Moon, Hyeun Jun; Kim, Soo‐Young

doi:10.1177/1420326x11429714

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“…As a result, the tightly sealed building envelopes can reduce air infiltration and allow indoor pollutants to accumulate in homes. [11][12][13] Indoor environmental pollution consists of physical, chemical and biological components. The physical components include temperature, humidity, radiation, etc.…”

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Investigation of indoor environmental quality in urban dwellings with schoolchildren in Beijing, China

Fan

Xie

Liu

et al. 2016

Indoor and Built Environment

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This study attempts to collect more comprehensive data about the indoor environmental quality in urban dwellings with schoolchildren in Beijing, China. For this purpose, indoor air temperature, relative humidity and the levels of indoor chemical and biological pollutants in 14 households were measured in 2013. Results show that, in cold winter, indoor relative humidity was often lower than the comfort limit of 30%, while indoor CO 2 concentration was often higher than the acceptable level of 1000 ppm in poorly ventilated homes with high occupant load. Indoor PM 2.5 pollution was very severe with the highest level of 523 mg/m 3 in living room and 345 mg/m 3 in children's bedroom in winter. Compared with the recommended thresholds, the levels of indoor volatile organic compounds and carbonyl compounds in most homes were low. Cigarette smoke is an important indoor source of PM 2.5 , formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone and benzene. Also, there are significant correlations between the concentration of total volatile organic compounds and other compounds (acetaldehyde, acetone, benzene and toluene). Furthermore, two phthalates: di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and din -butyl phthalate were frequently detected in house dust. Penicillium, Cladosporium, and Aspergillus were predominant fungi in indoor air. The fungal pollution levels in different seasons and rooms were also compared.

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Investigation of indoor environmental quality in urban dwellings with schoolchildren in Beijing, China

Fan

Xie

Liu

et al. 2016

Indoor and Built Environment

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“…In the occupants’ self-reported verification process of spatial design adequacy (SDA) to satisfy their needs in real spaces, the examination of the relationship between the spatial factors and space is essential in order to determine the best spatial conditions [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ]. For the SDA of safety, health, and sustainability, the occupancy needs are objectively verified because these types of occupancy can be simulated using previous empirical data from real spaces [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ]. However, the SDA of amenity and efficiency has not been clearly verified, because the occupants could not clearly state whether the space can satisfactorily support their life considering their social, cultural, and personal backgrounds as well as their experiences [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 ].…”

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Occupants’ Perceptions of Amenity and Efficiency for Verification of Spatial Design Adequacy

Lee

Wohn

2016

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The best spatial design condition to satisfy the occupancy needs of amenity and efficiency is determined through analyzing the spatial design adequacy (SDA). In this study, the relationship between the space design elements and space on future occupants’ perception are analyzed. The thirty-three participants reported their self-evaluated SDA that describes the quality of eight alternative housing living rooms with different spatial factors. The occupants were guided through the perception processing elaboration in order for them to evaluate the actual perception in the real space. The findings demonstrated that the spatial size (e.g., width, depth, and height) is significantly correlated with the overall satisfaction of amenity. It is also found that the spatial shape (e.g., the width-to-depth ratio, the height-to-area ratio, and room shape) may significantly influence the overall satisfaction of efficiency. The findings also demonstrate that the causal relationship between the spatial factors and space is clearly present in the occupants’ perception, reflecting the time-sequential characteristics of the actual experience divided into amenity and efficiency. This result indicates that the correlation between the spatial factors and space of SDA under the occupants’ perception processing elaboration can be a useful guide to predict the occupancy satisfaction of amenity and efficiency in real spaces.

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“…HRVs are generally applied in such types of buildings as a part of zero-energy building strategy and performances of these types of HRVs in buildings have been described. 115–121…”

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Sustainable development and requirements for energy efficiency in buildings – The Korean perspectives

Kim

Yu²

2018

Indoor and Built Environment

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The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of developments in Korea in relation to its energy consumption and sustainable development policies and progress in achieving its energy targets as given by the Building Energy Codes. Building insulation and passive building technologies are also reviewed for achieving passive house standards by 2017 and zero-energy or near zero-energy buildings (nZEB) by 2025 in Korea, and to identify strategies to further reduce usage of primary energy and to achieve energy efficiency targets. A defining feature of a sustainable building is its ability to reduce significantly its environmental impacts and its embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions over its whole life, including use of natural resources and releases of pollutants, to promote reuse and recycling of materials and sustainable development of buildings whilst ensuring the building satisfy the indoor environmental quality requirements for occupants. Passive technologies include the use of natural ventilation, energy storage such as using phase change materials (PCM) and high thermal mass structure, high energy efficiency windows and lighting and maximizing daylighting and use of renewable energy technologies. Technologies for refurbishment of building envelopes, windows and ventilation systems are reviewed to improve and upgrade the energy efficiency of existing buildings as well as focusing on new builds. The various options for heating, ventilating, cooling and air-conditioning of buildings are also discussed. Green Buildings and Energy Efficiency Labels and Standards should have a pertinent role to affect energy efficiency measures in building developments.

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Improvement of Indoor Living Environment by Occupants’ Preferences for Heat Recovery Ventilators in High-Rise Residential Buildings

Cited by 15 publications

References 34 publications

Investigation of indoor environmental quality in urban dwellings with schoolchildren in Beijing, China

Investigation of indoor environmental quality in urban dwellings with schoolchildren in Beijing, China

Occupants’ Perceptions of Amenity and Efficiency for Verification of Spatial Design Adequacy

Sustainable development and requirements for energy efficiency in buildings – The Korean perspectives

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