Abstract
The impact of thermal comfort demand on the renovation process was carried out on an optimization basis for the thermo-modernization process of an exemplary single-family home located in Warsaw. The verified TRNSYS simulation program was used to generate a set of variants of building modernization solutions. This variants set was used afterwards as a database for optimization. The analysis performed includes the internal air temperature, indicators of thermal comfort (PPD), and annual energy demand for heating and cooling, and investment costs of modernization building. The results indicated the importance of analyzing various variants of building modernization solutions. Performing modernization without analyzing its effects can have positive as well as negative consequences, e.g., achieving a significant reduction in the primary energy demands at the expense of the deteriorated thermal comfort of users. It was shown that separate analysis of indicators leads to completely different solutions and should not be recommended during modernization of single-family buildings.
Highlights
Division of Air Conditioning and Heating, Faculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering, Abstract: The impact of thermal comfort demand on the renovation process was carried out on an optimization basis for the thermo-modernization process of an exemplary single-family home located in Warsaw
The aim of the research work was to find the best solution for the modernization of the existing single-family building in terms of minimizing energy consumption, minimizing investment costs, and improving of thermal comfort conditions
Another publication on the modernization of historic buildings is the analysis presented by Lucchi at al. [37], where the optimal cost method was used to find the best solution for the internal insulation of historic buildings
Summary
Division of Air Conditioning and Heating, Faculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering, Abstract: The impact of thermal comfort demand on the renovation process was carried out on an optimization basis for the thermo-modernization process of an exemplary single-family home located in Warsaw. The verified TRNSYS simulation program was used to generate a set of variants of building modernization solutions. This variants set was used afterwards as a database for optimization. The analysis performed includes the internal air temperature, indicators of thermal comfort (PPD), and annual energy demand for heating and cooling, and investment costs of modernization building. The aim of the research work was to find the best solution for the modernization of the existing single-family building in terms of minimizing energy consumption, minimizing investment costs, and improving of thermal comfort conditions
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