Title : DEVELOPMENT OF BUILDING LAYOUT OPTIMIZER TOOL BASED ON PMV
Authors : Prashant Anand (1) and Ramachandraiah, A. (2)
Publication : February 13-16, 2013
Volume :
Pages : 10-Jan
Price : 250
Abstract : Design decisions relating to thermal comfort are essential before any building construction. 15% of total energy demand is generally associated with heating, ventilation, air conditioning and lighting systems of a building. Therefore, buildings are playing a major role in the context of global energy use. The study of thermal comfort inside residential apartment with respect to three different climates (Hot humid, Composite & Moderate) of urban environment has been analyzed through simulation study (using ECOTECT-11). Simulation study is validated with real time site data of residential apartments located at hot and humid climate of Chennai. An in-situ evaluation of thermal comfort parameters is done through using Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) as a parameter. The period chosen for site study is summer month of July and winter month of January. On the basis of this simulated annual PMV, a tool called “Building layout Optimizer” is attempted to be developed to support building designer in making a thermally comfortable building layout in terms of orientation during beginning stages of the building design process.