THE EFFECTS OF OPENING RATIO ON THE INDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENT AND VALIDITY VERIFICATION OF METHOD OF THE OPENING RATIO CALCULATION

Study on the performance evaluation of natural ventilation control in office buildings (Part 4)

Abstract

The final purpose of this study is to conduct a performance evaluation of natural ventilation control in office buildings. In this paper, field measurements were conducted focused on the opening ratio of the natural ventilation opening (e.g., opening area or number of openings). As a result, it was found that there is a correlation between the opening ratio and indoor thermal environment. Furthermore, some validity of method of the opening ratio calculation which was developed to suppress the low temperature environment in the previous study was also confirmed due to compare calculation results to field measurements.