Study on the thermal and visual performance of eleven residential buildings

The thermal and visual performance of eleven residential building has been studied during the architectural design. In order to evaluate the performance of the building a number of thermal and visual simulations have been done. The outputs of thermal simulations are the monthly values of heating and cooling load. Concerning the visual performance the calculations outputs are spatial distribution of the daylight factor, luminance and illuminance pictures. The final architectural design and the proposed interventions results to low energy consumption for cooling and heating too.