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Efficiency of Solar Shading Devices to Improve Thermal Comfort in a Sports Hall

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  • Anna Dudzińska

    (Chair of Building Design and Building Physics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Kraków, ul. Warszawska 24, Poland)

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Thermal environment in sports facilities is probably one of the most important parameters, determining the safety and performance of athletes. Such facilities, due to the required operating temperature and physical activity of users, are a serious challenge for both investors and administrators, especially in summer. The additional criterion of low energy consumption in extremely airtight and well-insulated passive buildings often results in overheating of the interior, creating considerable economic and operational problems. The significant need to reduce solar gain during periods of high outdoor temperatures for low-energy buildings prompts a variety of design solutions. Sun shading systems, as an indispensable element of glazed surfaces, are designed to control the amount of solar radiation reaching the building interior, at the same time creating a favorable microclimate inside. This article analyzes the effects of sun shading, which have actually been applied and modified on the southern façade of a passive sports hall in Słomniki. Measurements of the thermal conditions in the hall were the starting point, on the basis of which a model of the object was created in the DesignBuilder program. Using simulation analyses, thermal conditions arising with the use of different variants of internal and external shading devices were studied in the program. The results presented in the article show that in a well-insulated hall of large volume, appropriately selected external shading devices are only able to reduce the access of sunlight to the rooms. External brise-soleils are able to limit the access of solar radiation to the rooms by up to 30%, but this is not enough to guarantee internal thermal comfort. Internal blinds do not affect the interior microclimate significantly and do not protect protection from overheating. Momentary differences in PMV values for different patterns of closing the blinds do not exceed 0.2.

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  • Anna Dudzińska, 2021. "Efficiency of Solar Shading Devices to Improve Thermal Comfort in a Sports Hall," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-26, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:12:p:3535-:d:574676
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    1. Małgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak & Marcin Furtak & Jolanta Gintowt & Alicja Kowalska-Koczwara & Filip Pachla & Krzysztof Stypuła & Tadeusz Tatara, 2018. "Thermal and Vibration Comfort Analysis of a Nearly Zero-Energy Building in Poland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-19, October.
    2. Anna Dudzińska & Tomasz Kisilewicz, 2020. "Alternative Ways of Cooling a Passive School Building in Order to Maintain Thermal Comfort in Summer," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-20, December.
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