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Quantifying Outdoor Thermal Comfort Environmental Design Consultants - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Quantifying Outdoor Thermal Comfort Environmental Design Consultants - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Quantifying Outdoor Thermal Comfort Environmental Design Consultants + Building Services Engineers atelierten.com International Building Services and Environmental Engineers We are an international team of building services engineers,
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International Building Services and Environmental Engineers
We are an international team of building services engineers, environmental designers and lighting designers focused on delivering sustainability in the built environment. We have been designing “green” buildings for 20 years and have evolved a team with the broad range of complementary skills that are essential to the design of high performance buildings of the future.
London New York New Haven San Francisco Abu Dhabi
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CFD and Building Services
Duct-Flow Air-to-Earth Heat-Exchangers Thermal Storage Fans Stratification External Air-Flow
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Human Comfort
Well supported in Star-CCM+ Predicted Mean Vote Predicted Percent Dissatisfied (ISO 7730) Empirical mapping: PVM = f(Environment) PPD = f(PVM)
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Shades and canopies Landscaping and vegetation Fountains and ground-water
Outdoor Factors
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Universal Thermal Climate Index
Can be implemented in Star-CCM+ Equivalent temperature Based on the dynamic response of a Physiological Model Model inputs: Dry bulb temperature Relative humidity Air speed Mean radiant temperature
Image taken from “Calculating UTCI Equivalent Temperature”, Poster Presentation at the 13th International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 2-7, 2009
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Universal Thermal Climate Index
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