Thermal comfort and the Mahoney tables in Shanghai building bioclimatic design

Abstract

In order to research the Shanghai building bioclimatic design strategy, the paper studies the Shanghai building with the method of Mahoney tables that are a set of reference tables used in architecture as a guide to climate-appropriate design combined with Shanghai meteorological data, and puts forward a series of building bioclimatic design strategies for Shanghai climate characteristics. Finally, according to the climatic characteristics of Shanghai and the residents’ living characteristics, the limitations of strategies proposed by the Mahoney tables were analyzed.