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Thermal Comfort in Building Design

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AR-242: Integration and climate strategies

Ce cours traite des divers domaines techniques intervenant dans la conception et la réalisation d'un bâtiment, soit: physique du bâtiment, structures et matériaux, construction et installations techniques; ceci dans une approche globale et transversale. ...

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This lecture covers the principles of thermal comfort in building design, focusing on factors such as climatic data, building orientation, heat gains and losses, energy consumption, and the use of shading devices. It also discusses the calculation methods for thermal balance and the requirements for energy performance in buildings.

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Peter Zurbrügg

Enseignement et PhD Cours Habiter Mars PENS-304 Ce cours propose aux étudiants des trois sections ENAC (AR,GC,SIE) d'élaborer ensemble un projet de construction sur la planète Mars. Dans cette démarche interdisciplinaire ils aborderont des problématiques qu'ils devront analyser, interpréter, intégrer et représenter. Technologie du bâti II AR-106 Introduction à la conception d'éléments du construction, aux critères de sélection de matériaux de construction adaptés ainsi qu'au

Jean-Louis Scartezzini

Director of EPFL Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory (1994-present); Founder & Director of ENAC Institute of Infrastructures, Resources and Environment (2002-2009); Founder & Director of EPFL Doctoral Program in Environment (2002-2009); Co-Director of EPFL Institute of Building Technology (1994-1997); Associate Professor of Building Physics at EPFL (1994-1997); Associate Professor of Building Physics at University of Geneva (1990-1997); Group Leader & Research Fellow at the EPFL Solar Energy Research Group (1981-1989); Research Fellow at the Applied Geophysics Institute of University of Lausanne (1980-1981).

Thomas Keller

EDUCATION 1992 Dr. sc. techn. (PhD) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH) 1983 Dipl. Bauing. ETH (MS civil engineering) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH) EMPLOYMENT 2007-present, Full Professor of Structural Engineering (100%) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) Civil Engineering Institute 1998-2007, Associate Professor of Structural Engineering (80/100%) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) Structural Engineering Institute Foundation of CCLab in 2000 1996-1998, Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering (50%) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH) Department of Architecture 1992-2004, Senior Project Engineer and Joint Owner Engineering offices in Zug and Zurich 1990-1992, Research Scientist Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH) Structural Engineering Institute 1986-1990, Project Engineer Architecture and engineering office Calatrava, Zurich 1983-1986, Teaching and Research Assistant Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH) Structural Engineering Institute

Andreas Schueler

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Energy conservation is the effort to reduce wasteful energy consumption by using fewer energy services. This can be done by using energy more effectively (using less energy for continuous service) or changing one's behavior to use less service (for example, by driving less). Energy conservation can be achieved through efficient energy use, which has some advantages, including a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and a smaller carbon footprint, as well as cost, water, and energy savings.

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Thermal comfort is the condition of mind that expresses satisfaction with the thermal environment and is assessed by subjective evaluation (ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55). The human body can be viewed as a heat engine where food is the input energy. The human body will release excess heat into the environment, so the body can continue to operate. The heat transfer is proportional to temperature difference. In cold environments, the body loses more heat to the environment and in hot environments the body does not release enough heat.

Solar gain

Solar gain (also known as solar heat gain or passive solar gain) is the increase in thermal energy of a space, object or structure as it absorbs incident solar radiation. The amount of solar gain a space experiences is a function of the total incident solar irradiance and of the ability of any intervening material to transmit or resist the radiation. Objects struck by sunlight absorb its visible and short-wave infrared components, increase in temperature, and then re-radiate that heat at longer infrared wavelengths.

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Building performance

Building performance is an attribute of a building that expresses how well that building carries out its functions. It may also relate to the performance of the building construction process. Categories of building performance are quality (how well the building fulfills its functions), resource savings (how much of a particular resource is needed to fulfill its functions) and workload capacity (how much the building can do). The performance of a building depends on the response of the building to an external load or shock.

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