LoginThe thermal behaviour of an office building is presented and discussed, as well as the results of a sensitivity study, which analyses the impact of architectural decisions and the effect of occupancy in terms of energy consumption (cooling and heating loads). This study was carried out using one floor of an office building, with large glazed facades, recently built in S. Paulo in Brazil, which was monitored for a short period (11 days)]. This building has been used as reference, for the sensitivity studies carried out for two climates, S. Paulo in Brazil and Lisbon in Portugal. The objective is to identify for the two climates, the parameters that most affect energy consumption, such as: occupation, building shell, glazing types, area and orientation. This analysis was carried out using the Environmental System Performance (ESPr) program [Clark, 1996}. The main results for each situation are compared in order to analyse the impact of climate conditions in building design and get important recommendations for future buildings.
Large office buildings, what are the dominant parameters for energy consumption?
Year:
1999
Bibliographic info:
in: PLEA '99 "Sustaining the Future - Energy, Ecology, Architecture", proceedings of a conference held Brisbane, Australia, September 22-24, 1999, edited by Steven V Szokolay