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Adaptive thermal comfort in Brazilian schools by Building Performance Simulation (BPS)

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Main Author: Silva, Caio Frederico e
Publication Date: 2020
Other Authors: Lopes, Adriano Felipe Oliveira, Góes, Thiago Montenegro, Amorim, Cláudia Naves David
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositório Institucional da UnB
Download full: http://repositorio2.unb.br/jspui/handle/10482/49057
https://doi.org/10.17265/1934-7359/2020.03.007
Summary: Building performance simulation (BPS) is a crucial tool towards the design of projects better adapted its climatic context. In this sense, the objective of this research is to evaluate a method of thermal comfort analysis of schools in three Brazilian cities using BPS. The methodological procedures involved a literature review, in which the simulation tool and analysis method were chosen. Following simulations with the software DesignBuilder were performed using as study case a standard school typology designed by the General Coordination of Educational Infrastructure (CODIN/FNDE). This article evaluates its percentage occupied comfort hours in 3 reference cities: Cuiabá-MT, Brasília-DF, and Curitiba-PR. The results show respectively, for the cities of Curitiba, Brasília and Cuiabá, percentages of comfort hours of 76%, 70%, and 23%. The research states that the project must have different strategies for different climates. Finally, this article recommends this method should be applied to other cities and buildings.

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