A simplified tool for building layout design based on thermal comfort simulations

Frontiers of Architectural Research

Prashant Anand¹  Ramachandraiah Alur¹  Chirag Deb² 

[1] Civil Engineering Department (BTCM Division), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India;Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore;

关键词: Thermal comfort;    Building layout design;    Building orientation;    Simplified tool;    ECOTECT simulation;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.foar.2017.03.001

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Thermal comfort aspects of indoor spaces are crucial during the design stages of building layout planning. This study presents a simplified tool based on thermal comfort using predicted mean vote (PMV) index. Thermal comfort simulations were performed for 14 different possible room layouts based on window configurations. ECOTECT 12 was used to determine the PMV of these rooms for one full year, leading to 17,808 simulations. Simulations were performed for three different climatic zones in India and were validated using in-situ measurements from one of these climatic zones. For moderate climates, rooms with window openings on the south façade exhibited the best thermal comfort conditions for nights, with comfort conditions prevailing for approximately 79.25% of the time annually. For operation during the day, windows on the north façade are favored, with thermal comfort conditions prevailing for approximately 77.74% of the time annually. Similar results for day and night time operation for other two climatic zones are presented. Such an output is essential in deciding the layout of buildings on the basis of functionality of the different rooms (living room, bedroom, kitchen) corresponding to different operation times of the day.

【 授权许可】

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