To Investigate the Influence of Building Envelope and Natural Ventilation on Thermal Heat Balance in Office Buildings in Warm and Humid Climate

India's commercial building sector is witnessing robust growth. India continues to be a key growth market among global corporates and this is reflective in the steady growth in demand for prime office space. A recent trend that has been noted is the increase in demand for office spaces not just...

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Published inIOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 73; no. 1; pp. 12031 - 12036
Main Authors Kini, Pradeep G., Garg, Naresh Kumar, Kamath, Kiran
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2017
Subjects
Air conditioning
Building design
Building envelopes
Buildings
Commercial buildings
Cooling loads
Cooling systems
Demand
Energy conservation
Energy demand
Environmental performance
Heat balance
Heating
Humid climates
Mechanical systems
Office buildings
Office space
Thermal comfort
Tropical environment
Tropical environments
Ventilation
India
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Summary:India's commercial building sector is witnessing robust growth. India continues to be a key growth market among global corporates and this is reflective in the steady growth in demand for prime office space. A recent trend that has been noted is the increase in demand for office spaces not just in major cities but also in smaller tier II and Tier III cities. Growth in the commercial building sector projects a rising trend of energy intensive mechanical systems in office buildings in India. The air conditioning market in India is growing at 25% annually. This is due to the ever increasing demand to maintain thermal comfort in tropical regions. Air conditioning is one of the most energy intensive technologies which are used in buildings. As a result India is witnessing significant spike in energy demand and further widening the demand supply gap. Challenge in India is to identify passive measures in building envelope design in office buildings to reduce the cooling loads and conserve energy. This paper investigates the overall heat gain through building envelope components and natural ventilation in warm and humid climate region through experimental and simulation methods towards improved thermal environmental performance.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/73/1/012031