Evaluation of thermal comfort performance of a vertical garden on a glazed façade and its effect on building and urban scale, case study : an office building in Barcelona

Bagheri Moghaddam, Faezeh and Fort Mir, Josep Maria and Navarro Delgado, Isidro and Redondo Dominguez, Ernesto (2021) Evaluation of thermal comfort performance of a vertical garden on a glazed façade and its effect on building and urban scale, case study : an office building in Barcelona. Sustainability (Switzerland), 13 (12). 6706. ISSN 2071-1050 (https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126706)

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate the thermal performance of vertical gardens by comparing the thermal comfort of bare (glazed) and green façades in the Mediterranean climate. The proposal consists of applying a vegetation layer on a glazed façade that could control solar radiation and reduce indoor air temperatures. This study investigates the thermal performance of green façades of an office building in the Mediterranean climate. For this purpose, the Gas Natural Fenosa Office Building as a case study was simulated, that is located on a site next to the coastline in Barcelona. Dynamic building energy simulation was used to determine and assess indoor thermal conditions and, for this reason, the IES VE as a simulation tool has been utilized. Thermal comfort was assessed through the adaptive comfort approach and results were analyzed and presented in the terms of indoor comfort conditions during occupied hours. As a result, the article shows that applying a green façade as a vegetation layer caused a reduction in the internal and external façade surface temperatures, as well as the indoor air temperature of the workplace. Additionally, enhancing indoor comfort in summer is closely associated with reducing the external surface temperature. In winter, it also protects the exterior surface from the low temperature of the outside, and all of this greatly increases thermal comfort performance.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:85528
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    12 June 2021
    Published
    31 May 2021
    Accepted
    Subjects:Fine Arts > Architecture
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Architecture
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:16 May 2023 11:38
    Last modified:09 Apr 2024 04:05
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/85528
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