Basic study on thermal environment of condominium dwelling units, Part 2—Database creation and analysis example of relationship between dwelling units and cooling load

Abstract

Abstract In our previous report (Nihei et al. [2015] J Architect Plann (Transactions of AIJ), 80, 2429–2437), we created a list of building elements and net quantities of the dwelling unit design to investigate the condominium design that takes the thermal environment into consideration. In this report, we added “Cooling Load,” “Heat Loss Amount,” “Solar Heat Gain Amount in Cool Period,” and “Eaves Depth/Opening Height” to the study. First, we demonstrated the validity of the design criteria related to insulation. Next, we clarified the possibility of reducing the cooling load according to the dwelling unit design, excluding external conditions.

Keywords

• 3LDK
• building envelope
• condominium
• cooling load
• dwelling unit design