 Maximum window-to-wall ratio of a thermally autonomous building as a function of envelope U-value and ambient temperature amplitudePeizheng Ma, Lin-Shu Wang and Nianhua Guo Applied Energy, 2015, vol. 146, issue C, 84-91 Abstract: In two earlier papers we proposed a process assumption-based design method, one aim of which is the determination of the thermal requirement of a building by investigating the building functioning as a dynamic thermal system. The principal constraint of that determination is the building indoor temperature range to be no more than 2°C. In this paper we focus on the thermal requirement of maximum WWR (window-to-wall ratio) allowed by the constraint as a function of envelope U-value and ambient temperature amplitude. Seven US cities are studied to represent a range of ambient temperature amplitudes. As the window part of a building’s envelope is a prominent architectural feature of the building, WWR and its allowed maximum in terms of thermal autonomy are the signature/reflection of local ambient temperature amplitude and the variety of envelopes of building stock in each locality. Such signal characteristics are otherwise referred to as regional architecture. Keywords: Thermally autonomous building; Window-to-wall ratio; WWR; Building envelope U-value; Ambient temperature amplitude; Process assumption-based design (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:appene:v:146:y:2015:i:c:p:84-91 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.103 Access Statistics for this article Applied Energy is currently edited by J. Yan More articles in Applied Energy from Elsevier |
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