@misc{10481/72901,
year = {2022},
month = {3},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/72901},
abstract = {The level of human occupancy in historic religious buildings influences the internal heat gains and thus
the thermal comfort of the users. The temperate climate represents a challenge due to variations in tem-
perature and relative humidity throughout the year, which are by no means extreme. Knowledge regard-
ing human occupancy in historic religious buildings in temperate climates increases the possibilities of
controlling and staying within a given comfort range for the users benefit. The objective was to determine
the impact of occupancy on the thermal performance of a historic religious building located in sub-humid
temperate climate, to increase the knowledge and to generate opportunities to decrease the excessive use
of active systems prevalent today.
The objective was approached with a numerical method that included monitoring periods and dynamic
simulation to determine a novel passive cooling system that would maintain a determined comfort tem-
perature for the longest time in summer. By implementing a novel passive cooling system, the results
showed an impact on the operative temperature according to occupancy level, which reduced the cooling
degree-hour by 80% and 66% at the upper occupancy with 80% and 90% satisfaction levels, respectively.},
organization = {Universidad de
Granada / CBUA},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Dynamic simulation},
keywords = {Thermal performance},
keywords = {Religious buildings},
keywords = {Occupancy impact},
keywords = {Passive cooling system},
title = {The impact of human occupancy in thermal performance of a historic religious building in sub-humid temperate climate},
doi = {10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.111912},
author = {Vázquez-Torres, Claudia Eréndira and Beizaee, Arash and Bienvenido Huertas, José David},
}