Examining The Relationship Between Thermal Comfort and Energy Performance in Educational Buildings

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Şimşek Ü., Şenyiğit Sarıkaya Ö.

Comfort At The Extremes (CATE) 2024, Sevilla, İspanya, 20 - 22 Kasım 2024, ss.38-39, (Tam Metin Bildiri)

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Sevilla
  • Basıldığı Ülke: İspanya
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.38-39
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Thermal comfort in educational buildings is very important for protecting the health of students and increasing their productivity. In Turkey, there is a Minimum Design Standards Guide for Educational Buildings prepared by the Ministry of National Education (MEBEYATS) for this purpose. In this guide, the physical parameters that should be in the classrooms throughout the year to ensure the thermal comfort of students (temperature, average surface temperature, humidity and air speed) are specified. However, since the guide does not take into account personal factors (metabolic rate, clothing insulation, etc.) that are important for determining thermal comfort, it falls short in providing thermal comfort. Providing thermal comfort is an important issue not only for ensuring the health of children but also for reducing building energy consumption. To date, minimizing energy consumption for the conservation of energy resources has become one of the first goals in architecture, as in every discipline. Therefore, the relationship between thermal comfort and energy performance in educational structures was examined in the study. For this study, the current state of a primary school building in Adana province was modeled using Rhinoceros software, and thermal comfort analyses were performed using the simulation method using grasshopper ladybug (LB) and honeybee (HB) plugins and the Fanger method, including PVM-PDD indices. The data obtained as a result of the analyses were evaluated according to the MEB Educational Buildings Minimum Design Standards Guide. As a result of this study, it was concluded that the values suggested by the MEB in the guide were insufficient in terms of providing thermal comfort and that thermal comfort values were necessary for a quality and healthy education. This study aimed to expand the scope of the study and obtain values that will guide the guide in future studies.