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Development Of Guidelines For Enhancement Of Thermal Comfort And Energy Efficiency During Winter For Thailand's Senior Centers Using Surveys And Computer Simulation, Chorpech Panraluk, Atch Sreshthaputra
Development Of Guidelines For Enhancement Of Thermal Comfort And Energy Efficiency During Winter For Thailand's Senior Centers Using Surveys And Computer Simulation, Chorpech Panraluk, Atch Sreshthaputra
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The objective of this study is to develop guidelines for thermal comfort and energy efficiency for senior centers during winter. The study was conducted in Phitsanulok, Thailand and it three methods were applied in development of the guidelines: field survey, laboratory study, and simulation in scSTREAM - a CFD program -- and Visual DOE 4.0 program. With a temperature set-point of 25.0 °C in the existing air-conditioned senior centers, the study shows that occupants feel "Slightly cool". These feelings change to "Neutral" when natural ventilation and fans are used to generate air speed of 0.57 - 0.60 m/s during the …