Inter-related effects of cooling strategies and building features on energy performance of office buildings.

Type of article: Article

Summary

This article compares the effect on thermal performance and energy use of various precooling and ventilation strategies which might be used for reducing peak power demands. Various precooling strategies that utilize the thermal storage capacity of the internal mass of the building are effective in reducing the required cooling power loads throughout the daily working period. The most effective proved to be intensive night cooling.

Details

Original title: Inter-related effects of cooling strategies and building features on energy performance of office buildings.
Record ID : 2004-1394
Languages: English
Subject: Environment
Source: Energy Build. - vol. 34 - n. 1
Publication date: 2002

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Indexing

Themes: Comfort air conditioning;
Green buildings;
Other energy-saving and energy-recovery systems
Keywords: Structure; Night; Building; Ventilation; Energy saving; Air conditioning; Thermal energy storage