Influences of indoor clothing adaptations on energy consumptions in rural houses

Zhao, Wei, Chow, David ORCID: 0000-0002-5963-6228 and Sharples, Steve ORCID: 0000-0002-6309-9672 (2023) Influences of indoor clothing adaptations on energy consumptions in rural houses. In: 2023 Building Simulation Conference.

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Abstract

Occupant behaviours significantly influence building energy consumption. As one of human beings' most efficient and common thermal adaptation behaviours to achieve thermal comfort, the clothing adjustment of building occupants may have pronounced energy-saving potentials. This paper quantitatively studied the influence of clothing adaptation of Chinese rural residents on the heating and cooling energy consumptions in rural houses. The "Ladybug Tools" in Grasshopper was adopted to simulate the diurnal performance of a typical rural household with dynamically adaptable and constant clothing insulations in winter and summer. Grasshopper components were developed to implement the prediction of dynamic clothing adaptation of building occupants using the "Python Component". Results indicated that the impacts of clothing adaptation on the indoor comfort temperature were significant in winter while negligible in summer. The energy-saving potential of the clothing adaptation was obvious in both seasons. Clothing adaptation of rural residents reduced heating loads by 35.6% (PMV=0) and 63.1% (PMV=-0.85) in winter and cooling loads by 20.2% (PMV=0) and 34.4% (PMV=0.85) in summer. The decreases in energy consumption in rural houses, with the influence of clothing adaptation of rural residents, were more pronounced in winter than in summer, and became more prominent with lower thermal comfort requirements.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Unspecified)
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	26 Feb 2024 09:41
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2024 01:31
DOI:	10.26868/25222708.2023.1554
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3178782