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- Title
THERMAL COMFORT NEAR THE OUTSIDE WINDOWS UNDER COLD CLIMATE CONDITIONS.
- Authors
Jēčis, Raivis; Lešinskis, Arturs
- Abstract
In recent years lot of new built and renovated buildings as well as buildings that are in a design phase are made with large glazing - windows. It's quite common to design windows in some premises from the floor level to almost ceiling level. The reason of doing it is obvious - large windows allow one to get better view at outside environment (garden, lake, etc.), but all this beautiful concept could be ruined by placing radiator in front of the window, such situation could be seen on lots of new built houses. The aim of the paper is to analyse thermal comfort of people near the outside glazed surfaces taking into account comparatively low outside calculation temperatures. The main attention was made on radiant asymmetry and cold air downdraught. Calculations where made based on the applicable European norms (EN). Seven different U-values for window pane where analysed at room temperature 20°C and outside temperature -20°C, analysis include radiant asymmetry and downdraught calculations. Results show that using windows with U-value below 1.5 W/m²deg in most cases is acceptable to ensure thermal comfort according to European standarts.
- Subjects
THERMAL comfort; ARCHITECTURE; BUILDING repair; ASYMMETRY (Chemistry); TEMPERATURE; RADIATORS; BUILDINGS
- Publication
Telecommunications & Electronics, 2008, Vol 24, Issue 9, p45
- ISSN
1407-8880
- Publication type
Article