Air conditioning, comfort and energy in india's commercial building sector

Thomas, L; De Dear, R; Rawal, R; Lall, A; Thomas, PC

Air conditioning, comfort and energy in india's commercial building sector

Thomas, L

De Dear, R Rawal, R Lall, A Thomas, PC

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of Conference: Adapting to Change: New Thinking on Comfort, WINDSOR 2010, 2010
Issue Date:: 2010-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Thomas, L https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0707-9260	en_US
dc.contributor.author	De Dear, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rawal, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lall, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Thomas, PC	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of Conference: Adapting to Change: New Thinking on Comfort, WINDSOR 2010, 2010	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/16603
dc.description.abstract	Before India's building sector can fulfil its CO2 abatement potential, it is imperative for new build projects, especially those which provide for commercial and public functions, to eschew the energy-intensive designs that characterized western commercial buildings of the 20th century. In the absence of an adaptive thermal comfort standard specifically for India's climatic and cultural context, the current trend is simply to design airconditioned buildings to meet the stringent ASHRAE and ISO "Class A" comfort specifications. This paper proposes a holistic Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) study of a cross section of Indian office buildings purposively stratified across a range of energy intensities with diverse environmental control systems and design approach in different climatic zones to develop an adaptive thermal comfort standard. By climatically adapting indoor design temperatures, the standard will offer India a low-carbon development pathway for its commercial building sector without compromising overall comfort or productivity.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of Conference: Adapting to Change: New Thinking on Comfort, WINDSOR 2010	en_US
dc.title	Air conditioning, comfort and energy in india's commercial building sector	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	120104 Architectural Science and Technology (incl. Acoustics, Lighting, Structure and Ecologically Sustainable Design)	en_US
dc.location.activity	Windsor, UK	en_US
dc.location.activity	Salford, United Kingdom
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Architecture
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

Before India's building sector can fulfil its CO2 abatement potential, it is imperative for new build projects, especially those which provide for commercial and public functions, to eschew the energy-intensive designs that characterized western commercial buildings of the 20th century. In the absence of an adaptive thermal comfort standard specifically for India's climatic and cultural context, the current trend is simply to design airconditioned buildings to meet the stringent ASHRAE and ISO "Class A" comfort specifications. This paper proposes a holistic Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) study of a cross section of Indian office buildings purposively stratified across a range of energy intensities with diverse environmental control systems and design approach in different climatic zones to develop an adaptive thermal comfort standard. By climatically adapting indoor design temperatures, the standard will offer India a low-carbon development pathway for its commercial building sector without compromising overall comfort or productivity.

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