The Necessity of Improving the Standard for Thermal Environment in Korean Public Facilities

Yong-Joon Jun, Jin-Ha Yoon, Shin Kim, Young-Hak Song and Kyung-Soon Park
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Yong-Joon Jun: Architectural Engineering Major, Division of Urban, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Dong-Eui University, Busan 47340, Korea
Jin-Ha Yoon: Smart Greenbuilding Lab, EAN Technology, Seoul 06159, Korea
Shin Kim: Smart Greenbuilding Lab, EAN Technology, Seoul 06159, Korea
Young-Hak Song: Department of Architectural Engineering, Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea
Kyung-Soon Park: Architectural Engineering Major, Division of Urban, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Dong-Eui University, Busan 47340, Korea

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: As one of the energy saving policies, the Korean government has been regulating the indoor thermal environment of public office facilities in Korea, starting with energy conservation measures in 1980. This policy, which is above 28 °C in summer and below 18 °C in winter, is causing discomfort among the occupants. The purpose of this study is to support the need to improve temperature limitation standards of the Korean public office facilities. For this purpose, the standards for the thermal environment in offices of major countries and associations were examined. Subsequently, they were compared with the Korean standards. Additionally, nine buildings of public office facilities in Korea were surveyed on the thermal environment, and PMV measurement was carried out. As a result, most of the buildings that complied with the cooling temperature standard as well as most of the buildings that did not comply were found to be uncomfortable. In conclusion, to improve the comfort of Korean public office facilities in the heating and cooling period, it is necessary to mitigate temperature regulation and regulate additional environmental factors.

Keywords: public office facility; thermal environment; PMV (predicted mean vote); standard comparison (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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