Indoor thermal environment and energy saving for urban residential buildings in China

Rational selection of heating temperature set points for China's hot summer – Cold winter climatic region

“…In the past, due to the low household income across much of the region, domestic heating facilities are not affordable for many residents. Although not extremely cold, low but supra-zero outdoor temperatures in winter in the absence of district heating lead to extreme indoor thermal climates in this region, significantly lower than observed in other Chinese regions [3,4]. With economic development, the residents of China's HSCW region have lifted their expectations of indoor environment, and as a result, are increasingly utilizing equipment for domestic heating, resulting in a rapid growth of heating energy consumption in this area, growing by an estimated 575 times over the past 15 years [5].…”

Indoor Thermal Environment in Tropical Climate Residential Building

“…Therefore, the initial stage of building design should given priority in order to reduce the amount of energy consumed during the utilization phase throughout buildings lifecycle. Yoshino et al(2006) in their calculation of space heating and cooling loads of the apartments in Beijing shows that thermal 3 insulation and airtightness are effective ways, to control energy conservation for space heating in residential sector [19]. Jamaludin et al (2013) found that linear arrangement of building layout has restricted the employment of daylighting and natural ventilation in the room and affected the indoor comfort level of the occupants [20].…”

The dynamics of thermal comfort expectations: The problem, challenge and impication

“…Long-term trends in winter-time residential temperatures in the UK, the US, Japan and northern China (based on reference[29,30,31,32,33]). …”