Energy use impact of and thermal comfort in different urban block types in the Netherlands

Mohammad Taleghani; Martin Tenpierik; Andy Van Den Dobbelsteen; Richard De Dear

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.08.024

Energy use impact of and thermal comfort in different urban block types in the Netherlands

Mohammad Taleghani^*, Martin Tenpierik, Andy Van Den Dobbelsteen, Richard De Dear

^*Corresponding author for this work

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

103 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This paper discusses the energy and comfort impact of three types of urban block configuration in the Netherlands. The annual heating and lighting energy demand, and summer thermal comfort hours are compared. In total, 102 thermal zones forming single, linear and courtyard building combinations are simulated within the Netherlands' temperate climate. The results demonstrate the importance of the surface-to-volume ratio in achieving both annual energy efficiency and summer thermal comfort. Considering different types with 1-, 2- and 3-storey heights, the courtyard model has the lowest energy demand for heating and the highest number of summer thermal comfort hours.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	166-175
Number of pages	10
Journal	Energy and Buildings
Volume	67
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.08.024
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Energy use
Thermal comfort
Urban block types

Access to Document

10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.08.024

Cite this

@article{97e53dd7f2c54e38a2bbf1c8356c5b67,

title = "Energy use impact of and thermal comfort in different urban block types in the Netherlands",

abstract = "This paper discusses the energy and comfort impact of three types of urban block configuration in the Netherlands. The annual heating and lighting energy demand, and summer thermal comfort hours are compared. In total, 102 thermal zones forming single, linear and courtyard building combinations are simulated within the Netherlands' temperate climate. The results demonstrate the importance of the surface-to-volume ratio in achieving both annual energy efficiency and summer thermal comfort. Considering different types with 1-, 2- and 3-storey heights, the courtyard model has the lowest energy demand for heating and the highest number of summer thermal comfort hours.",

keywords = "Energy use, Thermal comfort, Urban block types",

author = "Mohammad Taleghani and Martin Tenpierik and \{Van Den Dobbelsteen\}, Andy and \{De Dear\}, Richard",

year = "2013",

doi = "10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.08.024",

language = "English",

volume = "67",

pages = "166--175",

journal = "Energy and Buildings",

issn = "0378-7788",

publisher = "Elsevier",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Energy use impact of and thermal comfort in different urban block types in the Netherlands

AU - Taleghani, Mohammad

AU - Tenpierik, Martin

AU - Van Den Dobbelsteen, Andy

AU - De Dear, Richard

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - This paper discusses the energy and comfort impact of three types of urban block configuration in the Netherlands. The annual heating and lighting energy demand, and summer thermal comfort hours are compared. In total, 102 thermal zones forming single, linear and courtyard building combinations are simulated within the Netherlands' temperate climate. The results demonstrate the importance of the surface-to-volume ratio in achieving both annual energy efficiency and summer thermal comfort. Considering different types with 1-, 2- and 3-storey heights, the courtyard model has the lowest energy demand for heating and the highest number of summer thermal comfort hours.

AB - This paper discusses the energy and comfort impact of three types of urban block configuration in the Netherlands. The annual heating and lighting energy demand, and summer thermal comfort hours are compared. In total, 102 thermal zones forming single, linear and courtyard building combinations are simulated within the Netherlands' temperate climate. The results demonstrate the importance of the surface-to-volume ratio in achieving both annual energy efficiency and summer thermal comfort. Considering different types with 1-, 2- and 3-storey heights, the courtyard model has the lowest energy demand for heating and the highest number of summer thermal comfort hours.

KW - Energy use

KW - Thermal comfort

KW - Urban block types

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84883894478

U2 - 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.08.024

DO - 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.08.024

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84883894478

SN - 0378-7788

VL - 67

SP - 166

EP - 175

JO - Energy and Buildings

JF - Energy and Buildings

ER -

Energy use impact of and thermal comfort in different urban block types in the Netherlands

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this