Nearly zero energy target and indoor comfort in Mediterranean climate: Discussion based on monitoring data for a real case study

Ascione, Fabrizio; Borrelli, Martina; Masi, Rosa Francesca De; Vanol, Giuseppe Peter

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102349

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“…Given the outputs of the first objective, the ability to deliver a more durable timber-built environment will act as an amplifier for sustainability, with less maintenance and replacement needed for timber elements resulting in longer storage of carbon within the buildings. In addition, relying on the experience gathered from other researches in literature [19], [20], the user experience and comfort will be monitored to address the optimal use of air conditioning and heating system in an environment with exposed wood elements, being wood a hygroscopic material. This part will be covered with direct involvement of occupants with surveys and workshops [21], but other means might be used in the future to analyse other aspects and/or get rid of the human judgement/perception from the equation [22]- [24].…”

Section: Sustainability and User Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

The New Centre for Advanced Timber Technology: A Living Lab for Designers, Industry, and Education

Tamagnone¹,

Hairstans²

2023

World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2023)

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To meet the net zero requirements, UK industry will need to change how it operates, relying on more sustainable resources and practices. Within this scheme, the construction industry must move, when possible, from carbon-intensive material to more environmentally-friendly ones (e.g., timber). The general lack of expertise, however, is likely to slow down the transition process. With this in mind, the Centre for Advanced Timber Technology, in Hereford, has been established to form the professionals of the future and to upskill and reskill those willing to learn more about advanced timber practises. Part of this mission is played be the implementation of a living lab approach within the building, through which data will be gathered to inform the curricula and to provide external proof of good or bad practices in timber buildings, which will impact the industry at different levels (e.g., construction practices, design specification or insurance stipulations). This paper analyses the steps taken in this living lab project so far, analysing literature cases, presenting the methodology, and listing the projects involved in the gathering of the data through monitoring of the building.

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Section: Sustainability and User Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

The New Centre for Advanced Timber Technology: A Living Lab for Designers, Industry, and Education

Tamagnone¹,

Hairstans²

2023

World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2023)

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“…For this reason, an external shading device has been assigned to the base-case model and a window opening has been reduced to 30% to account for security measures in a social housing block [55]. Within these studies, the propensity to overheating has shown significant impact on the indoor temperature measures, and this could be applied to a similar housing typology which has targeted improving energy efficiency [56].…”

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An Analysis of the Development of Modular Building Design Elements to Improve Thermal Performance of a Representative High Rise Residential Estate in the Coastline City of Famagusta, Cyprus

Altan¹,

Ozarisoy

2022

Sustainability

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Passive design strategies can reduce heating and cooling demands with integration of more efficient building systems as well as the potential to integrate modular off-site construction technology and its technical systems to offset overall energy consumption. This study evaluates the energy performance of the nationally representative post-war social housing estate in the southeastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus where the weather is subtropical (Csa) and partly semi-arid (Bsh). This study employed a mixed methods research design approach which was based on a thorough field study that consisted of a questionnaire survey conducted with residents of the social housing estate in the hottest summer month of August, to explore the occupants’ thermal sensation votes (TSVs), their habitual adaptive behaviour, and home energy performance concurrently. On-site environmental monitoring was performed, and in-situ measurements of each occupied space were recorded to identify ‘neutral’ adaptive thermal comfort. The selected representative high-rise residential development was modelled using Integrated Environmental Solutions’ Virtual Environment (IES-VE) software, where extensive dynamic thermal simulations have been produced to assess existing energy performance and energy effectiveness of retrofitting strategies. The results demonstrated that a moderate–strong relationship was found between orientation and reasons for thermal discomfort (χ2 = 49,327, p < 0.001, Cramer’s V = 0.405). Individual levels of thermal comfort were not limited to household socio-demographic characteristics, however; environmental factors were also determinants in the development of adaptive thermal-comfort theory. Furthermore, the occupants’ TSVs indicated that in a southeastern Mediterranean climate, 28.5 °C is considered a neutral temperature, and the upper limit of the indoor-air thermal-comfort range is 31.5 °C.

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“…Building design is not only an aesthetic form and concept [6], [7], [8], but also a holistic process that contains an accurate selection of structure materials that can diminish building energy consumption and the implementation of passive design strategies [9], [10], [11]. During their typical natural life of 50 ages or more [12], Contemporary buildings will be subject to a meteorological state that will be progressively hotter and more unstable [13], [14], [15].…”

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Assessing the thermal performance of a conventional architecture in a dry warm climate

Villabona

Terés-Zubiaga

Maldonado

et al. 2021

Heritage and Sustainable Development

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In this article, we present the results of the evaluation of the thermal performance of a conventional home in a dry warm climate, a case study in Bucaramanga, Colombia. This simulation, evaluation, and analysis make it necessary since currently in the case study area there is no thermal assessment of the dwellings, which are old houses built with resistive and mechanical analyses, but without regard to thermal behavior or thermal housing comfort. This evaluation is done by means of software simulation. Thus, a valid simulation identifies the weather data present in a dry warm climate zone and determines the geographical location and behavior in the solar diagram. Likewise, the thermal characterization of the soil and the construction materials of support and envelopes of the architecture is performed, to establish its thermal transmittance, thermal resistance, and thermal capacity. As a result of the research, the thermal behavior of the house is presented by means of the calculations made that determine the thermal behavior of the envelopes, energy load balancing, and housing thermal comfort based on the ASHRAE 55 standard by Fanger's method. Consequently, with the above, the results of the simulation and a detailed analysis of the recorded data are presented in the document.

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Nearly zero energy target and indoor comfort in Mediterranean climate: Discussion based on monitoring data for a real case study

Cited by 12 publications

References 45 publications

The New Centre for Advanced Timber Technology: A Living Lab for Designers, Industry, and Education

The New Centre for Advanced Timber Technology: A Living Lab for Designers, Industry, and Education

An Analysis of the Development of Modular Building Design Elements to Improve Thermal Performance of a Representative High Rise Residential Estate in the Coastline City of Famagusta, Cyprus

Assessing the thermal performance of a conventional architecture in a dry warm climate

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