Study on Energy Consumption and Thermal Environment of Small Buildings

Abstract

Today, the reduction of energy consumption is a national critical issue. The saving energy in buildings has become a burning question, and many buildings adopt the energy-saving technologies now. However, small buildings less than 2000m 2 in total floor area seem to be still backward in saving energy, and very little energy consumption data of these buildings was made public. This paper shows the data of energy consumption and the thermal environment of these buildings through field studies for three years. When the data of small buildings investigated this time is compared with the data of large buildings that has already been made public, there are different features in small buildings and large buildings.