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Proceedings of eSim 2001: 1st Conference of IBPSA-Canada

     

MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION OF THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT OF A LOW ENERGY HOUSE WITH AIR-CIRCULATION IN BRICK WALLS

Shuho Takase, Toshiyuki Watanabe, Tetsuo Hayashi, Akihito Ozaki, Mikiko Nakamura, Mayuko Nagata, Masako Osato

Abstract: Brick houses are high-grade in terms of life cycle assessment, life span and maintenance costs after construction. However, earthquakes made brick infamous as a fragile material in Japan. Now quakeproof brick houses have been developed and they will be authorized in the near future in Japan. We can control the indoor thermal environment and reduce cooling and heating loads tsing a passive system and the large thermal capacity of bricks. This paper reports the development of Passive Brick Houses with Air­ circulation Systems. We have made predictions about the indoor thermal environment and cooling and heating loads using the simulation software Triple P' (TrP = Program for Passive System Simulation with Personal Computers). The prediction using TrP is useful because currently there are no brick houses in Japan."
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esim2001_16