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Atrium building design: key aspects to improve their thermal performance on the Mediterranean climate of Santiago de Chile

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  • Diego Palma Rojas

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An atrium is a great glassed volume on a building that allows the light to enter within it. Its border location between indoor and outdoor implies that the environmental conditions like solar radiation, ventilation and heat energy appear intensified, turning them into spaces with a great environmental potential. However, in Santiago, these spaces have been designed imitating the aesthetic of buildings suited for colder climates. This has resulted in the fact that atrium buildings are often known by their low comfort standards and excessive cooling demands. The aim of this article is to answer in which way some design considerations on atrium buildings can maximize their energy saving potential in the Mediterranean climate of Santiago Chile. This is carried out with software Tas, which allows us to simulate the effect on thermal demand over a theoretical atrium building when changing three glazing types, three ventilation regimes and three solar protections forms; resulting in 27 iterations that reveal the more environmentally efficient combinations.

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  • Diego Palma Rojas, 2014. "Atrium building design: key aspects to improve their thermal performance on the Mediterranean climate of Santiago de Chile," International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, Oxford University Press, vol. 9(4), pages 327-330.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ijlctc:v:9:y:2014:i:4:p:327-330.
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    1. Zhenzhong Guan & Xiang Xu & Yibing Xue & Chongjie Wang, 2022. "Multi-Objective Optimization Design of Geometric Parameters of Atrium in nZEB Based on Energy Consumption, Carbon Emission and Cost," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-24, December.
    2. Lichao Jiao & Xian Rong, 2022. "Analysis of Principal Factors on Energy Consumption of Expressway Service Buildings," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-17, June.
    3. Lixia Wang & Pawan Kumar & Mamookho Elizabeth Makhatha & Vishal Jagota, 2022. "Numerical simulation of air distribution for monitoring the central air conditioning in large atrium," International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer;The Society for Reliability, Engineering Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM),India, and Division of Operation and Maintenance, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, vol. 13(1), pages 340-352, March.
    4. Zhang, Haihua & Yang, Dong & Tam, Vivian W.Y. & Tao, Yao & Zhang, Guomin & Setunge, Sujeeva & Shi, Long, 2021. "A critical review of combined natural ventilation techniques in sustainable buildings," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).

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