Passive Methods as a Solution for Improving Indoor Environments
There are many aspects to consider when evaluating or improving an indoor environment; thermal comfort, energy saving, preservation of materials, hygiene and health are all key aspects which can be improved by passive methods of environmental control. Pas
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José A. Orosa Armando C. Oliveira •
Passive Methods as a Solution for Improving Indoor Environments
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José A. Orosa Departamento de Energía y P. M Escuela Técnica Superior de N. y M Universidade da Coruña Paseo de Ronda 51 15011 La Coruña Spain e-mail: [email protected]
ISSN 1865-3529 ISBN 978-1-4471-2335-4 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-2336-1
Armando C. Oliveira New Energy Tec. Unit Faculdade de Engenharia Universidade do Porto Rua Dr Roberto Frias 4200-465 Porto Portugal e-mail: [email protected]
e-ISSN 1865-3537 e-ISBN 978-1-4471-2336-1
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Foreword
This book was written to show the effect of passive methods, such as thermal inertia and permeable coverings, to improve indoor environments in different aspects, such as thermal comfort, energy saving, preservation of materials, hygiene and health. Specifically, the use of permeable coverings is a well known passive method but its effects and ways to improve indoor environments have been rarely analysed. Recent studies, developed by Orosa and Oliveira, revealed a new procedure to define the real effect of permeable coverings and their working periods in controlling indoor environments and their effects, such as energy saving and local thermal comfort. This new procedure, of the real behaviour of internal coverings, was covered in the PhD Thesis of José A. Orosa in 2003, under advice of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in his Annex 41 entitled ‘‘Moist Eng’’. Several related publications were made in the last three years in journals like Energy and Buildings, Building and Environment and Renewable Energy, among others. Despite the fact that real buildings reflect the expected theoretical results, t
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