This paper expresses the importance of the use of strategic energy design tool in building design in China. The features of this kind of tool have been illustrated. The reliability, user friendliness, and usability ar...This paper expresses the importance of the use of strategic energy design tool in building design in China. The features of this kind of tool have been illustrated. The reliability, user friendliness, and usability are the most important characteristic of the early design software. This paper introduces an integrated energy design tool - LT Europe, which is widely used in the UK architectural practice and European. The climate data for Beijing has been produced from Meteonorm and integrated into LT Europe. A case study has been performed and the comparisons have been made by applying the Chinese old and new building energy regulations. It has been demonstrated that LT Europe software can be used for Chinese building energy design at the early stage by creating the local proper climate data.展开更多
This paper introduces the interrelationships between urban form, microclimate and thermal comfort. It draws on recent research of monitoring, surveying and modelling urban thermal characteristics and proposes a method...This paper introduces the interrelationships between urban form, microclimate and thermal comfort. It draws on recent research of monitoring, surveying and modelling urban thermal characteristics and proposes a method of mapping urban diversity. Because the urban context provides a rich and varied environment that influences the way we use urban spaces (movement, sequence, activity) and how we feel in them (stimulation, thermal comfort), the aim here is to highlight the notion of diversity. Thus thermal diversity is used as a measure of the urban environment, rather than more conventional spatially or temporally fixed average values.展开更多
This paper illustrates an integrated energy design model based on the energy balance of a single zone. The results of energy efficient residential building design for the different climate zones of China by implementi...This paper illustrates an integrated energy design model based on the energy balance of a single zone. The results of energy efficient residential building design for the different climate zones of China by implementing an integrated energy model have been presented. Optimum measures of building design for typical Chinese residential buildings are introduced, with the objective of minimizingannual energy consumption for those buildings and improving thermal comfort. One overriding conclusion is that significant energy savings and thermal comfort can be achieved though optimum design.展开更多
文摘This paper expresses the importance of the use of strategic energy design tool in building design in China. The features of this kind of tool have been illustrated. The reliability, user friendliness, and usability are the most important characteristic of the early design software. This paper introduces an integrated energy design tool - LT Europe, which is widely used in the UK architectural practice and European. The climate data for Beijing has been produced from Meteonorm and integrated into LT Europe. A case study has been performed and the comparisons have been made by applying the Chinese old and new building energy regulations. It has been demonstrated that LT Europe software can be used for Chinese building energy design at the early stage by creating the local proper climate data.
文摘This paper introduces the interrelationships between urban form, microclimate and thermal comfort. It draws on recent research of monitoring, surveying and modelling urban thermal characteristics and proposes a method of mapping urban diversity. Because the urban context provides a rich and varied environment that influences the way we use urban spaces (movement, sequence, activity) and how we feel in them (stimulation, thermal comfort), the aim here is to highlight the notion of diversity. Thus thermal diversity is used as a measure of the urban environment, rather than more conventional spatially or temporally fixed average values.
文摘This paper illustrates an integrated energy design model based on the energy balance of a single zone. The results of energy efficient residential building design for the different climate zones of China by implementing an integrated energy model have been presented. Optimum measures of building design for typical Chinese residential buildings are introduced, with the objective of minimizingannual energy consumption for those buildings and improving thermal comfort. One overriding conclusion is that significant energy savings and thermal comfort can be achieved though optimum design.
