Thermoenergetic performance of residential buildings in temperate climate

Abstract

This study sought to link architectural and thermal aspects of buildings to contribute to the design practice by providing an information set related to issues of comfort and energy consumption, obtained through a methodological process involving an experimental component (involving summer and winter monitoring in residential buildings in Lisbon where over 60% of the main façade is glazed) and a numerical component (thermal simulations with the use of the EnergyPlus dynamic program, with modeling and calibration of representative geometric models of frequent typologies). This, therefore, allowed the observation of different parameters, enabling the establishment of performance comparisons between a broad spectrum of solutions (Matrix of current solutions) under a typical Mediterranean climate like that of the city of Lisbon. Thus, this study presents a set of results that demonstrates the potential for designing and constructing buildings with different (in particular large) areas of glazing in temperate climates.