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Adaptive Thermal Comfort vs Climate Change: A Framework for the Reduction of Energy Poverty and the Increase of Nearly Zero Energy Buildings

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2021) | Viewed by 2458

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Carlos Rubio-Bellido

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Department of Building Construction II, University of Seville, 41012 Seville, Spain
Interests: climate change; buildings; energy consumption; greenhouse gas emissions; thermal comfort; nearly zero-energy buildings
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Prof. Dr. Jesús A. Pulido-Arcas

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University of Tokyo
Interests: adaptive thermal comfort; solar radiation; computer fluid dynamics
Prof. Dr. Alexis Pérez-Fargallo

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University of Bío-Bío
Interests: new comfort models development; thermal preference; optimization methods
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Dr. David Bienvenido-Huertas

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Department of Building Construction, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: thermal comfort; energy efficiency; sustainability; sustainable design; climate change
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, providing a comfortable and low energy indoor environment has become a challenge in the building sector. In this context, adaptive comfort plays an important role, including adaptation to external temperatures, opening windows and changing clothing. Considering the global tendency towards reducing energy consumption in buildings, the use of natural ventilation coupled with HVAC systems is frequently proposed. Numerous methods have been proposed in order to provide acceptable comfort levels considering a rational use of energy (i.e., adaptive control algorithms, building automation systems, etc.). However, there is no consensus on comfort thresholds, and it is difficult to predict energy consumption. Likewise, climate change will play an important role, since it will change the trends in energy consumption of buildings. This Special Issue focuses on the understanding of adaptive comfort in buildings coupled with the energy in use and the possibilities to reduce energy poverty and obtain a low-carbon building stock.

Dr. Carlos Rubio-Bellido
Prof. Dr. Jesús A. Pulido-Arcas
Prof. Dr. Alexis Pérez-Fargallo
Dr. David Bienvenido-Huertas
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Keywords

  • adaptive thermal comfort models
  • climate change
  • energy consumption
  • energy poverty
  • nearly zero energy buildings
  • building automation systems
  • mixed mode buildings
  • indoor air quality
  • temperature limits
  • indoor built environment

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Influence of the Improvement in Thermal Expectation Levels with Adaptive Setpoint Temperatures on Energy Consumption
by David Bienvenido-Huertas, Daniel Sánchez-García, Carlos Rubio-Bellido and Jesús A. Pulido-Arcas
Appl. Sci. 2020, 10(15), 5282; https://doi.org/10.3390/app10155282 - 30 Jul 2020
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A sustainable use of active heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems is crucial for minimum energy consumption. Currently, research studies are increasingly applying adaptive setpoint temperatures, thus reducing considerably the energy consumption without influencing comfort levels excessively. Most of them, however, are [...] Read more.
A sustainable use of active heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems is crucial for minimum energy consumption. Currently, research studies are increasingly applying adaptive setpoint temperatures, thus reducing considerably the energy consumption without influencing comfort levels excessively. Most of them, however, are focused on the limit values of adaptive comfort standards without considering the tolerance in users’ adaptation capacity. This research study analyzed various tolerance ranges in the recent adaptive thermal comfort model from EN 16798-1:2019 used in setpoint temperatures. The study focused on the south of Europe, considering 47 cities in Spain, 18 cities in Portugal, 13 cities in Greece, and 20 cities in Italy. In addition, such cities were analyzed in three climate scenarios: present time, 2050, and 2100. The results showed that values prefixed by EN 16798-1:2019 for new buildings (tolerance of 0.00 °C) produced significant savings with respect to the static model and that each progressive improvement in users’ thermal expectations in 0.25 °C increased the energy consumption between 6.57 and 9.31% in all scenarios analyzed. Even applying a thermal tolerance of 1.50 °C, energy savings are currently produced with respect to the static model. This tendency increases in future scenarios until a thermal tolerance of 1.75 °C. The results of this paper provide greater knowledge about the possible energy increase that the improvement in users’ expectations would produce. Full article
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