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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Comfort-based performance assessment methodology for low energy residential buildings in Australia |
Author: | Daniel, L. Williamson, T. Soebarto, V. |
Citation: | Building and Environment, 2017; 111:169-179 |
Publisher: | Pergamon Press |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
ISSN: | 0360-1323 1873-684X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Lyrian Daniel, Terence Williamson, Veronica Soebarto |
Abstract: | In Australia, the primary method of demonstrating compliance with the mandatory dwelling Energy Efficiency requirements of the National Construction Code (NCC), NatHERS, has been criticised as being unsuitable for assessing low energy houses that are intended to use little or no heating and/or cooling in operation. In 2013-2014, a longitudinal thermal comfort study was conducted in 40 low energy houses in Australia: 20 houses located in a cool temperate climate (Melbourne) and 20 houses located in a hot humid climate (Darwin). The households completed over 6000 thermal comfort vote surveys which were paired with corresponding environmental data collected within the dwellings. Based on this collected data a model describing the thermal preference of these two cohorts was developed. This paper offers an alternative process by which to judge the potential thermal performance of such low energy houses, using the developed comfort criteria as a performance indicator. This alternative approach is aimed at reducing energy use by demonstrating that an acceptable level of comfort can be achieved without the use of heating and/or cooling appliances. The proposed assessment methodology is aimed at providing a more appropriate pathway to NCC Energy Efficiency compliance certification for these types of low energy houses. |
Keywords: | Low energy; residential; thermal comfort; environmental attitudes; energy rating; simulation |
Description: | Available online 1 November 2016 |
Rights: | © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.10.023 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.10.023 |
Appears in Collections: | Architecture publications Aurora harvest 7 |
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