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Use of Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) calculator for assessing indoor thermal acceptance in air-conditioned classroom

Brief:

Increasing evidence shows that indoor environmental quality (IEQ) greatly influences health and productivity of the occupants (Mendell and Heath 2005), and substantial rates of dissatisfaction with IEQ were reported in some buildings (Huizenga et al. 2006; Lee and Chang 2000). Developing tools for planning the IEQ at the design stage of the buildings are urgently required. Thermal comfort acceptance is a dominating factor for the overall IEQ acceptance. Performance of thermal environment shall be evaluated at the building design stage so that improper design of the air-conditioning system causing thermal comfort problems can be avoided. This study demonstrates that computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation can be used to acquire environmental parameters for evaluating thermal comfort and the IEQ evaluation model can be used to identify potential thermal comfort problems at the building design stage.

Further information:

Mui KW, Zhou Y, Wong LT, 2014. Use of Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) calculator for assessing indoor thermal acceptance in air-conditioned classroom (Paper HP0637). The 13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Indoor Air 2014, 7-12 July, Hong Kong.