Indoor thermal environment of urban residential buildings in China: winter investigation in five major cities

Yokota, Hiroshi; Guan, Shiyou; Lun, Y. H. Venus; Mochida, Akashi; Shigeno, Takayuki; Yoshino, Yusuke; Zhang, Q.Y.

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2003.09.015

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“…7 [13]. We can infer that the average temperature in northern side (Room C) is lower than southern side (Room A) about 3 • C, and the maximum variation reaches 5 • C. Some studies have shown that the average indoor temperature difference in winter is about 3-5 • C, which is entirely consistent with our experimental results [14] [15]. So when dealing with the whole house, the temperature regulation only based on a single-point temperature measurement cannot meet the room temperature requirements of the residents.…”

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A green solution for intelligent metropolitan heating system with uSDCards

Yue

Wang

Jin

et al. 2012

2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

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In this paper 1 , we present the architecture, design, and simulation of an intelligent system for Temperature Monitoring used in metropolitan heating. The system consists of several TelosB-compatible motes, a Nokia uSDCard, and a smart phone. We use TelosB Motes to collect temperature data, and to transport the data to the smart phone. The uSDCard, as the middle layer, connects the smart phone with the ZigBee compatible devices. The smart phone, as the terminal, processes data and manages the TelosB Motes. We use the smart phone as the final terminal because it has a rich set of user interfaces and has access to various kinds of networks, allowing our system to be extended more easily and more user-friendly. In real scenes, our system can reduce the temperature reading fluctuation, and ultimately save the energy consumption for heating companies, providing a better living environment for indoor users.

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Section: Room Bsupporting

confidence: 92%

A green solution for intelligent metropolitan heating system with uSDCards

Yue

Wang

Jin

et al. 2012

2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

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“…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].…”

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

Wang

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Lin

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Building and Environment

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“…Kolarika et al (2011) estimated that the change of the building orientation from east-west to north-south affected the primary energy use by less than 10%. Yoshino et al (2004Yoshino et al ( , 2006 proved that thermal insulation and air tightness were the effective ways to pursue energy conservation for space heating. Based on the thermal comfort requirement of the Thai people and the climate condition in Bangkok, Tantasavasdi, Srebric, and Chen (2001) revealed that it was possible to use a natural ventilation to create thermally comfortable environment in houses in Bangkok suburb during 20% of the year (Zhang and Yoshino 2010).…”

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Indoor environmental quality: review of parameters and assessment models

Sakhare

Ralegaonkar

2014

Architectural Science Review

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Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is becoming a key aspect considering the building envelope and occupants' health. A lot of energy is consumed to achieve the satisfactory IEQ in the building. The main challenge for the building designer is to enhance the IEQ with the minimum energy consumption. The present paper investigates the contributing parameters and different assessment models for IEQ. The presented study will be helpful to analyse multi-functional parametric comfort and in turn will help to improve the occupant's health. IntroductionThe major purpose of buildings is to provide a healthy and comfortable environment for occupants. In most parts of the world, people spend more than 90% of the day in indoors. The indoor environment results from the interaction of the site, the climate, the building system, and the building occupants. The number of related complaints has increased in recent years with increased building tightness, growing use of materials that consume natural resources, and increase in energy use to achieve indoor comfort. The comfort of an indoor environment is very much affected by weather elements. Comfort is a way of measuring occupant's satisfaction which in turn can directly affect health and productivity.Globally, with the rapid growth in urbanization and increase in the number of dwelling units, achieving the comfort of an indoor environment by natural means is a major challenge to the designers. Today's building industry is minimizing a different kind of footprint: the energy, carbon, and environmental footprint of buildings. The aim in the building's design or renovation phase should include improvement of the building's energy efficiency and reduction in environmental impact of the building. Optimal energy management in the building sector is the key factor in energy conservation. Due to the importance of good quality of the indoor environment and the problems caused by high energy consumption, various government agencies have enacted a series of policies and regulations aimed at increasing the energy efficiency of dwellings and ensuring a good indoor environment. The building designers have a challenge to achieve the indoor comfort with the least energy requirement. In order to investigate the aspect of indoor environmental quality (IEQ), data collection methods for

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Indoor thermal environment of urban residential buildings in China: winter investigation in five major cities

Cited by 53 publications

References 2 publications

A green solution for intelligent metropolitan heating system with uSDCards

A green solution for intelligent metropolitan heating system with uSDCards

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

Indoor environmental quality: review of parameters and assessment models

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