Thermal comfort simulations for different structured naturally ventilated room.

The objective of this research was to investigate thermal comfort with respect to the mass of the building inside a test room which is naturally ventilated. The room is an existing portable cabin of light mass, located at Loughborough University. The comfort parameters for different mass of the cabin were predicted. For this purpose a simulation package, is used to calculate the thermal parameters defined by Fanger. Medium and high thermal masses were added to the test room and their effects on thermal comfort were investigated. The results predicted that thermal mass has significant effect on thermal comfort parameters. It also demonstrated that to achieve the possible thermal comfort, the control strategy for the months of April, May and October is to close the louvres and for the months of June, July, August and September to have maximum opening.