<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Buildings are responsible for about 30 % of the total energy consumption of Latvia. Specific heat consumption is 200-225 kWh/m<sup>2</sup> per annum, for its part the average consumption of one household is about 1000-1200 kWh per annum. Due to increasing needs for comfort, an increase in the total area of buildings covered by glass, as well as intensified interest in establishing a good microclimate in buildings, there is also increasingly more attention paid on to the cooling load of buildings and the related heat transfer and exchange processes. Thermal inertia and the thermal mass of building envelope are main factors, which substantially influence the amplitude of changes in temperature and the period during which the internal temperature is dependant on the external temperature.</p></abstract>

Buildings are responsible for about 30 % of the total energy consumption of Latvia. Specific heat consumption is 200-225 kWh/m2 per annum, for its part the average consumption of one household is about 1000-1200 kWh per annum. Due to increasing needs for comfort, an increase in the total area of buildings covered by glass, as well as intensified interest in establishing a good microclimate in buildings, there is also increasingly more attention paid on to the cooling load of buildings and the related heat transfer and exchange processes. Thermal inertia and the thermal mass of building envelope are main factors, which substantially influence the amplitude of changes in temperature and the period during which the internal temperature is dependant on the external temperature.

Influence of Thermo-Dynamic Properties and Thermal Inertia of the Building Envelope on Building Cooling Load

Institute of Energy Systems and Environment, Riga Technical University, Kronvalda boulv. 1, LV-1010, Riga, Latvia

Environmental and Climate Technologies

Buildings are responsible for about 30 % of the total energy consumption of Latvia. Specific heat consumption is 200-225 kWh/m2 per annum, for its part the...

Influence of Thermo-Dynamic Properties and Thermal Inertia of the Building Envelope on Building Cooling Load

Published Online: Mar 26, 2010

Page range: 63 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10145-009-0008-5

Keywords
building envelope, cooling load, thermal inertia, thermal mass, thermo-dynamic properties

This content is open access.

Influence of Thermo-Dynamic Properties and Thermal Inertia of the Building Envelope on Building Cooling Load

Published Online: Mar 26, 2010

Page range: 63 - 69

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10145-009-0008-5

Keywordsbuilding envelope, cooling load, thermal inertia, thermal mass, thermo-dynamic properties

This content is open access.

Keywords
building envelope, cooling load, thermal inertia, thermal mass, thermo-dynamic properties