I am carrying out a study on the thermal performance of a school, including future climatic scenarios.
I would also like to include some scenarios of changing occupancy patterns due to shared facilities/community use/extended hours of teaching etc. I am mostly interested on the possible impact of these changes on the thermal performance of the building envelope.
Does anyone know any studies on these issues?
el jeffe, hours of use maybe? If it's a dual use facility, it may be a school during weekdays, have community events/meetings in the evening and religious services on Sunday.. that many more hours during which the building has to be heated/cooled... and the thermal systems would, of course, perform differently in nighttime versus daytime hours, morning/afternoon use etc. I think you just have to work it out. Check out the way Ken Yeang diagrams time-cycle-related thermal impacts on buildings.. it's pretty cool... not for schools, per se, perhaps, but on mixed-use spaces, public spaces, etc. .. any of his books/folios.
Schools "opening up" to community use
I am carrying out a study on the thermal performance of a school, including future climatic scenarios.
I would also like to include some scenarios of changing occupancy patterns due to shared facilities/community use/extended hours of teaching etc. I am mostly interested on the possible impact of these changes on the thermal performance of the building envelope.
Does anyone know any studies on these issues?
Thank you in advance.
how does a change in use affect the thermal performance of the envelope?
as long as you shut the door behind you, you should be fine
el jeffe, hours of use maybe? If it's a dual use facility, it may be a school during weekdays, have community events/meetings in the evening and religious services on Sunday.. that many more hours during which the building has to be heated/cooled... and the thermal systems would, of course, perform differently in nighttime versus daytime hours, morning/afternoon use etc. I think you just have to work it out. Check out the way Ken Yeang diagrams time-cycle-related thermal impacts on buildings.. it's pretty cool... not for schools, per se, perhaps, but on mixed-use spaces, public spaces, etc. .. any of his books/folios.
thank you urbanist :)
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