Sleeping thermal environment and bedroom air conditioning in residential buildings in subtropical areas

Lin Z., Deng S.
air conditioning, hot climate, indoor climate, questionnaire
Year:
2004
Bibliographic info:
RoomVent 2004, 9th international conference in University of Coimbra - Portugal, 5-8th september 2004, pp 5, 5 Fig., 8 Ref.

This paper presents the results of a study on strategies for bedroom air conditioning in HongKong, a typical subtropical city. It reports firstly on a questionnaire survey on the current situations ofsleeping thermal environment and bedroom air conditioning in residential buildings in Hong Kong. This is followed by reporting results of field monitoring of overnight indoor air temperature, relative humidity and indoor CO2 levels in bedrooms in high-rise residences. Finally, the results of simulated characteristics of nighttime bedroom cooling load in a typical high-rise residential block in Hong Kong using EnergyPlus are presented.

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