Effectiveness of Double Skin Façade in Controlling Indoor Air Temperature of Tropical Buildings

Double Skin Facade (DSF) application on buildings envelope in tropical area aims to decrease cooling load of buildings. Generally, the system is applied on building in an extreme outdoors air temperature, so it could achieve a comfortable air temperature for occupants. This paper discusses effective...

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Published inIOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 152; no. 1; pp. 12016 - 12025
Main Authors Aziiz, Akhlish Diinal, Wonorahardjo, S., Koerniawan, M.D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.05.2018
Subjects
Air gaps
Air temperature
Buildings
Cooling loads
Cooling systems
Facades
Indoor air quality
Indoor environments
Skin (structural member)
Surface temperature
Temperature
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Summary:Double Skin Facade (DSF) application on buildings envelope in tropical area aims to decrease cooling load of buildings. Generally, the system is applied on building in an extreme outdoors air temperature, so it could achieve a comfortable air temperature for occupants. This paper discusses effectiveness to control indoor air temperature of some DSF factors such as; 1) air gap between DSF and building façade, 2) glass type. For these purposes, collect outdoor, indoor and air gap air temperatures, surface temperature of all glass surfaces and indoor-outdoor globe temperatures. The initial results show an optimum setting of air gap and glass type of the DSF, as well as some guidance on glass type selection for building surface and DSF.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/152/1/012016