Visual Thermal Landscaping (VTL) Model: A Qualitative Thermal Comfort Approach based on the Context to Balance Energy and Comfort
Visual Thermal Landscaping (VTL) Model: A Qualitative Thermal Comfort Approach based on the Context to Balance Energy and Comfort
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视觉热景观（VTL）模型：一种基于环境的定性热舒适方法，以平衡能量和舒适度
DOI：
10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.1009
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2019
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H. Rijal
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作者：
S. Shahzad;J. Calautit;B. Hughes;Satish Bk;H. Rijal
视觉热景观（VTL）模型提供了一个实用的解决方案，通过热可视化分析，为环境量身定制的能量和舒适度以及该环境中个人居住者的直接需求提供了平衡。其目的是为实践中使用的当前工具的局限性提供解决方案，这些工具不能解释热经验的丰富性，而热经验从来都不是中性的。分析工具和体验之间的这种脱节导致建筑物使用的能源比他们应该使用的更多，并使居住者对他们的环境不满意。该方法的能力通过对开放式办公楼的实地调查得到了证明，该办公楼自然通风，非常节能，这也反映在BREEAM优秀奖中。该模型通过上下文分析显示了热舒适的复杂性。它说明了感知热环境和热舒适动态方面的个体差异（即居住者改变他们的想法）。因此，一个特定的室温不可能一直满足每个人。这种整体的定性方法能够为每个人提供舒适，同时也是降低建筑整体能耗的策略。该模型的直接结果可用于设施管理系统，该模型的未来发展可用于预测热不适的区域和时间段，为节能措施的使用提供额外支持，并促进建筑物中热多样性的使用。
The Visual Thermal Landscaping (VTL) model provides a practical solution to balance energy and comfort tailored for the context and the immediate needs of individual occupants in that context through a thermal visualisation analysis. The aim is to provide a solution to the limitations of current tools employed in practice which do not account for the richness of thermal experience, which is never neutral. This disconnect between analysis tools and experience results in buildings using more energy than they should and leaves occupants dissatisfied with their environment. The capabilities of the approach were demonstrated through a field survey in an open plan office building, which was naturally ventilated and very energy efficient, as is reflected in its BREEAM excellence award. The model demonstrated the complexity of thermal comfort through contextual analysis. It illustrated individual differences in perceiving the thermal environment and the dynamic aspect of thermal comfort (i.e. occupants change their mind). Hence, a particular room temperature cannot satisfy everyone all the time. This holistic qualitative approach enables to provide comfort for every individual as well as a strategy to lower the overall energy consumption of the building. The immediate results of the model can be used by facilities management systems and the future development of the model can be used to predict areas and periods of thermal discomfort, provide additional support for the use of energy efficiency measures, and promote the use of thermal diversity in buildings.