Assessing thermal comfort in the Mediterranean social housing stock through test cells: Comparison of double-skin, externally insulated and non-retrofitted facades

Climate change will derive in severe repercussions to the built indoor environment, evidencing the importance of retrofitting buildings. Thus, the improvement of energy efficiency of facades is of the utmost relevance, given its representativeness in the total thermal envelope. The objective of this...

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Autores: Calama-González, Carmen María, León-Rodríguez, Ángel Luis, Suárez, Rafael
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Data de publicação:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
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Palavra-chave:Housing stock retrofitting
Test cells
Mediterranean climate
Opaque double-skin facade
Indoor comfort
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spelling Assessing thermal comfort in the Mediterranean social housing stock through test cells: Comparison of double-skin, externally insulated and non-retrofitted facadesCalama-González, Carmen MaríaLeón-Rodríguez, Ángel LuisSuárez, RafaelHousing stock retrofittingTest cellsMediterranean climateOpaque double-skin facadeIndoor comfortClimate change will derive in severe repercussions to the built indoor environment, evidencing the importance of retrofitting buildings. Thus, the improvement of energy efficiency of facades is of the utmost relevance, given its representativeness in the total thermal envelope. The objective of this research is to provide a simultaneous comparison between a ventilated double skin facade and an unretrofitted solution, assessing their impact on thermal comfort of housing units under Mediterranean winter and summer conditions. To do so, on-site monitoring through test cells have been used, analysing different orientations and protocols, under the same weather conditions and with no users’ influence. Comfort results obtained have been compared with an externally insulated facade. Conclusions show that the double skin facade clearly performs better in summer, minimising indoor maximum peak temperatures, especially with outdoor temperatures above 35 °C. Yet, it may lead to indoor overheating during night-time. In winter, the double skin facade reports around 21.3% less comfort hours than an externally insulated facade, performing similarly to an unretrofitted solution towards maximum peak temperatures with outdoor values of 5–20 °C. However, it shows a better thermal performance under minimum peak temperatures, with up to 3 °C difference from the unretrofitted solution.Premio Trimestral Publicación Científica Destacada de la US. Instituto Universitario de Arquitectura y Ciencias de la ConstrucciónElsevierConstrucciones Arquitectónicas ITEP130: Arquitectura, Patrimonio y Sostenibilidad: Acústica, Iluminación, Óptica y EnergíaEuropean Commission (EC). Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). EspañaMinisterio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (MECD). España2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/144664https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2022.102369reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésCase Studies in Thermal Engineering, 38 (102369).FEDER 2014-2020US-138083BIA2017-86383-RFPU17/ 01375https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X22006074?via%3Dihubinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1446642026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessing thermal comfort in the Mediterranean social housing stock through test cells: Comparison of double-skin, externally insulated and non-retrofitted facades
title Assessing thermal comfort in the Mediterranean social housing stock through test cells: Comparison of double-skin, externally insulated and non-retrofitted facades
spellingShingle Assessing thermal comfort in the Mediterranean social housing stock through test cells: Comparison of double-skin, externally insulated and non-retrofitted facades
Calama-González, Carmen María
Housing stock retrofitting
Test cells
Mediterranean climate
Opaque double-skin facade
Indoor comfort
title_short Assessing thermal comfort in the Mediterranean social housing stock through test cells: Comparison of double-skin, externally insulated and non-retrofitted facades
title_full Assessing thermal comfort in the Mediterranean social housing stock through test cells: Comparison of double-skin, externally insulated and non-retrofitted facades
title_fullStr Assessing thermal comfort in the Mediterranean social housing stock through test cells: Comparison of double-skin, externally insulated and non-retrofitted facades
title_full_unstemmed Assessing thermal comfort in the Mediterranean social housing stock through test cells: Comparison of double-skin, externally insulated and non-retrofitted facades
title_sort Assessing thermal comfort in the Mediterranean social housing stock through test cells: Comparison of double-skin, externally insulated and non-retrofitted facades
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Calama-González, Carmen María
León-Rodríguez, Ángel Luis
Suárez, Rafael
author Calama-González, Carmen María
author_facet Calama-González, Carmen María
León-Rodríguez, Ángel Luis
Suárez, Rafael
author_role author
author2 León-Rodríguez, Ángel Luis
Suárez, Rafael
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Construcciones Arquitectónicas I
TEP130: Arquitectura, Patrimonio y Sostenibilidad: Acústica, Iluminación, Óptica y Energía
European Commission (EC). Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). España
Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (MECD). España
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Housing stock retrofitting
Test cells
Mediterranean climate
Opaque double-skin facade
Indoor comfort
topic Housing stock retrofitting
Test cells
Mediterranean climate
Opaque double-skin facade
Indoor comfort
description Climate change will derive in severe repercussions to the built indoor environment, evidencing the importance of retrofitting buildings. Thus, the improvement of energy efficiency of facades is of the utmost relevance, given its representativeness in the total thermal envelope. The objective of this research is to provide a simultaneous comparison between a ventilated double skin facade and an unretrofitted solution, assessing their impact on thermal comfort of housing units under Mediterranean winter and summer conditions. To do so, on-site monitoring through test cells have been used, analysing different orientations and protocols, under the same weather conditions and with no users’ influence. Comfort results obtained have been compared with an externally insulated facade. Conclusions show that the double skin facade clearly performs better in summer, minimising indoor maximum peak temperatures, especially with outdoor temperatures above 35 °C. Yet, it may lead to indoor overheating during night-time. In winter, the double skin facade reports around 21.3% less comfort hours than an externally insulated facade, performing similarly to an unretrofitted solution towards maximum peak temperatures with outdoor values of 5–20 °C. However, it shows a better thermal performance under minimum peak temperatures, with up to 3 °C difference from the unretrofitted solution.
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