Relationship Between Energy Demand, Indoor Thermal Behaviour and Temperature-Related Health Risk Concerning Passive Energy Refurbishment Interventions
The main objective of this article is to demonstrate that passive energy refurbishment interventions influence comfort conditions of households for both cold and hot annual periods, while they help to avoid or promote temperature-related health risk situations. However, improving the thermal efficie...
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doaj-330f3c4b0ef44bda83192a0820f900832021-09-05T14:01:33ZengSciendoEnvironmental and Climate Technologies2255-88372020-09-0124234836310.2478/rtuect-2020-0078rtuect-2020-0078Relationship Between Energy Demand, Indoor Thermal Behaviour and Temperature-Related Health Risk Concerning Passive Energy Refurbishment InterventionsEtxebarria Matxalen0Oregi Xabat1Grijalba Olatz2Hernández Rufino J.3Department of Architecture. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Oñati Plaza 2, 20018Donostia-San Sebastian, SpainDepartment of Architecture. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Oñati Plaza 2, 20018Donostia-San Sebastian, SpainDepartment of Architecture. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Oñati Plaza 2, 20018Donostia-San Sebastian, SpainDepartment of Architecture. University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Oñati Plaza 2, 20018Donostia-San Sebastian, SpainThe main objective of this article is to demonstrate that passive energy refurbishment interventions influence comfort conditions of households for both cold and hot annual periods, while they help to avoid or promote temperature-related health risk situations. However, improving the thermal efficiency of the building envelope is encouraged in order to reduce energy demand for heating and cooling instead of considering also their impact on users’ health. The calculation methodology to quantify improvements, on the other hand, is drawn from regulation-based standards, which describe the optimal achievable efficiency levels and energy cost savings. The present study, however, addresses how diverse thermal performance variables are (climate, thermal comfort range and occupancy rate), and shows that different thermal assessment standards influence the obtained results. An energy simulation approach was developed to evaluate different scenarios and compare the results. In conclusion, the results contribute to an understanding or to a discussion of the suitability of current energy renovation policies with regard to indoor thermal comfort and temperature-related health risk situations.https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0078energy demandenergy refurbishmentindoor thermal behaviourindoor thermal comfortindoor thermal health risk |
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Etxebarria Matxalen Oregi Xabat Grijalba Olatz Hernández Rufino J. Relationship Between Energy Demand, Indoor Thermal Behaviour and Temperature-Related Health Risk Concerning Passive Energy Refurbishment Interventions Environmental and Climate Technologies energy demand energy refurbishment indoor thermal behaviour indoor thermal comfort indoor thermal health risk |
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Etxebarria Matxalen Oregi Xabat Grijalba Olatz Hernández Rufino J. |
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Relationship Between Energy Demand, Indoor Thermal Behaviour and Temperature-Related Health Risk Concerning Passive Energy Refurbishment Interventions |
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Relationship Between Energy Demand, Indoor Thermal Behaviour and Temperature-Related Health Risk Concerning Passive Energy Refurbishment Interventions |
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Relationship Between Energy Demand, Indoor Thermal Behaviour and Temperature-Related Health Risk Concerning Passive Energy Refurbishment Interventions |
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Relationship Between Energy Demand, Indoor Thermal Behaviour and Temperature-Related Health Risk Concerning Passive Energy Refurbishment Interventions |
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Relationship Between Energy Demand, Indoor Thermal Behaviour and Temperature-Related Health Risk Concerning Passive Energy Refurbishment Interventions |
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relationship between energy demand, indoor thermal behaviour and temperature-related health risk concerning passive energy refurbishment interventions |
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Environmental and Climate Technologies |
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The main objective of this article is to demonstrate that passive energy refurbishment interventions influence comfort conditions of households for both cold and hot annual periods, while they help to avoid or promote temperature-related health risk situations. However, improving the thermal efficiency of the building envelope is encouraged in order to reduce energy demand for heating and cooling instead of considering also their impact on users’ health. The calculation methodology to quantify improvements, on the other hand, is drawn from regulation-based standards, which describe the optimal achievable efficiency levels and energy cost savings. The present study, however, addresses how diverse thermal performance variables are (climate, thermal comfort range and occupancy rate), and shows that different thermal assessment standards influence the obtained results. An energy simulation approach was developed to evaluate different scenarios and compare the results. In conclusion, the results contribute to an understanding or to a discussion of the suitability of current energy renovation policies with regard to indoor thermal comfort and temperature-related health risk situations. |
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energy demand energy refurbishment indoor thermal behaviour indoor thermal comfort indoor thermal health risk |
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