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Thermal Comfort Performance of Buildings

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 3422

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Jan Kośny

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Interests: heat and mass transport in building components; building energy efficiency; whole-building energy simulations; opaque building envelopes and façade systems; fenestration and window attachments; thermal insulation; air and moisture barriers; thermal energy storage; building-integrated PV and solar thermal systems; building energy dynamics; energy demand response; integration with the electric power grid
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Dr. David W. Yarbrough

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R&D Services, Watertown, TN 37184, USA
Interests: chemical thermodynamics; materials for energy conservation; numerical modeling; heat transfer; thermal insulation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The MPDI Buildings (IF: 3.324) Special Issue, ‘Thermal Comfort Performance of Buildings’, is dedicated to a wide range of different aspects related to achieving thermal comfort conditions in buildings, with a major focus on novel materials, design methods, and innovative mechanical systems. The human thermal environment is not straight forward and cannot be expressed in the form of a simple one-dimensional measure. Nor can it be satisfactorily defined as a degree scale or by acceptable temperature ranges. Thermal comfort is a personal experience depending on a great number of criteria, and it can differ from one person to another within the same space. Thus, controlling and predicting thermal comfort in buildings is essential when designing impactful space-conditioning systems and building fabrics (both internal and external). Furthermore, poorly designed and installed mechanical systems, for example, air ventilation, can directly affect the thermal comfort of people in office buildings, schools, theaters, sports centers, and other types of commercial and residential buildings. In addition, they can generate serious durability problems.

It is also well-known that optimized configurations of thermal insulation and thermally massive components can help to store heat within the building structure and mitigate temperature fluctuations in the indoor air temperature. This heat storing capacity of building materials helps to achieve thermal comfort for occupants by providing time delays in transferring exterior thermal loads and mitigating peak temperature. Hence, choosing appropriate building materials can largely impact the level of comfort within buildings. Sometimes, this can lead to notable energy savings or the integration of buildings, renewable energy sources and e-mobility with the electric power grid. Furthermore, sustainable heating and cooling with thermal energy storage systems in buildings can be achieved in many different ways, including through passive systems in building envelopes, phase change materials in building materials and active mechanical systems, surface radiation control technologies, sorption systems, seasonal heat storage, etc.

Dr. Jan Kosny, the Guest Editor of this Special Issue, invites researchers, designers, and industrial specialists to share their new ideas, research data, and technology developments in fields related to thermal comfort.

Prof. Dr. Jan Kośny
Dr. David W. Yarbrough
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • thermal comfort
  • building science
  • energy efficiency
  • temperature control
  • internal climate
  • thermal mass effects
  • building materials
  • heat storage
  • human health

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Thermal Calculation for the Implementation of Green Walls as Thermal Insulators on the East and West Facades in the Adjacent Areas of the School of Biological Sciences, Ricardo Palma University (URP) at Lima, Peru 2023
by Alejandro Gómez, Doris Esenarro, Pedro Martinez, Stefany Vilchez and Vanessa Raymundo
Buildings 2023, 13(9), 2301; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13092301 - 09 Sep 2023
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This research aims to implement green walls as thermal insulators on the east and west facades of the adjacent areas of the School of Biological Sciences at Ricardo Palma University. The growth of urban cities causes an increase in CO2 emissions and [...] Read more.
This research aims to implement green walls as thermal insulators on the east and west facades of the adjacent areas of the School of Biological Sciences at Ricardo Palma University. The growth of urban cities causes an increase in CO2 emissions and the loss of agricultural land. The methodology applied involves evaluating the thermal behavior, analyzing the local climate, and assessing plant species for implementation. As a result, the successful implementation of green walls on the east and west facades was achieved, which has proven to effectively reduce wall heating, decrease the temperature rise in nearby spaces, and minimize reliance on artificial ventilation systems. This has led to energy and cost savings, decreased CO2 emissions, and increased oxygen production. By implementing green walls on the east facade, there has been an increase of 60.73% in comfort hours, while on the west facade, there has been an increase of 64.28% in comfort hours. In addition, a total of 977.50 kg of CO2 has been absorbed, resulting in 722.50 kg of purified air. In conclusion, green walls have proven to be a viable solution to the problems faced in urban cities, helping to mitigate the internal temperature of indoor spaces. Full article
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Refurbishment of a Social Interest Building in Mexico Using Earth-to-Air Heat Exchangers
by Martin Rodríguez-Vázquez, Iván Hernández-Pérez, Irving Hernández-López, Yvonne Chávez, Carlos M. Jiménez-Xamán, Luis A. Baltazar-Tadeo and Alfredo Aranda-Arizmendi
Buildings 2023, 13(8), 2080; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13082080 - 16 Aug 2023
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The refurbishment of a social interest building using Earth-to-Air Heat Exchanger (EAHE) was studied in representative dry climatic conditions of Mexico (dry, very dry, temperate, and sub-temperate). A simulation method that uses both computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and building energy simulation (BES) was [...] Read more.
The refurbishment of a social interest building using Earth-to-Air Heat Exchanger (EAHE) was studied in representative dry climatic conditions of Mexico (dry, very dry, temperate, and sub-temperate). A simulation method that uses both computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and building energy simulation (BES) was used to analyze the influence of the EAHE on the indoor conditions of a room. First, CFD simulations of the EAHE were performed using climatic data and soil properties of the four representative cities, and then the results were loaded into the TRNSYS software to estimate the indoor air temperature and the building room’s thermal loads. When connected to a building room on a warm day, the EAHE reduced the indoor air temperature by a factor ranging between 1.7 and 3.2 °C, while on a cold day, the EAHE increased the indoor air temperature of the room by between 1.0 and 1.9 °C. On the other hand, the EAHE reduced the daily cooling load of the room by a factor between 2% and 6%. The EAHE also reduced the daily heating load by between 0.3% and 11%. Thus, EAHE as a refurbishment technology can benefit social interest buildings in Mexico. Full article
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