 The transient house heating condition—the building envelope response factor (BER)N. Lukić Renewable Energy, 2003, vol. 28, issue 4, 523-532 Abstract: In this paper influence of house walls on heating energy consumption and indoor thermal comfort was investigated. The simulations were carried out using an extended dynamical model of building-software ZID under transient conditions, like the first heating day after a long non-heating period. Four simulation cases were considered: two-layered thermal-insulation concrete house walls were used, where the thermal insulation was inserted in the inner, outer or middle positions according to the inside of the house, and one-layered concrete house walls. The influence of the house walls on internal thermal comfort and heating process is presented by two introduced factors: thermal comfort degree-hour and building envelope response factor (BER factor). This new BER factor could be a significant variable in considering house walls as a passive heating energy source. The conclusion is that under certain conditions the BER factor is at a maximum, at which point the influence of house walls on inside thermal comfort and heating energy consumption is also at a maximum. Keywords: Dynamical model of house; Transient condition; Response factor (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:renene:v:28:y:2003:i:4:p:523-532 DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(02)00096-4 Access Statistics for this article Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier |
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