Energy and financial evaluation of thermal comfort : the case study of the hotel residence l'Orologio

ABSTRACT

ROAD MAP

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. Background

1.2. Objective

1.3. Methodology

PART I ENERGY EVALUATION OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMFORT

2. INTRODUCTION TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMFORT

2.1. Thermal comfort

2.1.1. Background on mainStandards 2.1.1.1 Standard EN 15251

2.1.2. Fanger Method

2.1.2.1. Personal variables

2.1.2.2. Physical variables

2.1.2.3. Thermal comfort indices

2.1.3. Adaptive Method

2.1.4. Local discomfort

2.2. Indoor air quality

2.2.1. Indoor air quality indices

2.2.1.1. Olf and decipol to evaluate IAQ.

2.3. Visual comfort

2.3.1. Visual comfort indices

2.3.1.1. Indices for assessing the quantity of light

- Illuminance

- Daylight Factor

2.3.1.2. Indices for assessing the distribution of light

- Illuminance uniformity

2.3.1.3. Indices for assessing glare

- Luminance

- Discomfort Glare Index

- Unified Glare Rating

2.3.1.4. Indices for assessing the quality of light

- Color Rendering Index

2.4. Acoustic comfort

2.4.1. Acoustic comfort indices

PART II ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMFORT

3. LITERATURE REVIEW

3.1. Hotel buildings' analysis

3.2. Residential buildings' analysis

3.3. School buildings' analysis

3.4. Office buildings' analysis

3.5. Discussion and conclusion

PART III CASE STUDY OF THE HOTEL RESIDENCE L'OROLOGIO

4. DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE STUDY

4.1. The Hotel and its context

4.1.1. Plants of the building

4.2. Characteristics of the building-plant system

4.2.1. Building envelope

4.2.2. Building system

4.3. Flow of guests

5.1. Basic scenario: state of art

5.1.1. Hotel rooms

5.1.1.1. Guests' WTP in hotel rooms

5.1.2. Office

5.1.2.1. Temperature and work performance

5.1.2.2. Ventilation rates and work performance

5.1.3. Reception

5.1.3.1. Temperature and work performance

5.1.3.2. Ventilation rates and work performance

5.1.3.3. Guests' WTP in reception

5.1.4. Energy consumption and costs

5.2. Different scenarios analyzed

6. CONCLUSION

6.1. To sum up

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