
Iris LocheEindhoven University of Technology | TUE
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Natural ventilation and shading are effective bioclimatic strategies for buildings located in tropical regions. However, shading elements such as balconies also impact natural ventilation by influencing wind pressure coefficient (Cp) on building façades. This paper presents an investigation of the effects of balconies on the Cp values of high-rise...
Daylight in the indoor environment is directly influenced by the building surroundings, envelope and its shading devices, such as balconies. Despite their potential in contributing to increase shaded periods and, at the same time, act as a daylight distribution system, balconies are not designed to their full potential when used in office buildings...
Balconies have the potential to promote airflow and regulate solar heat gain, which can reduce energy usage for cooling in buildings. However, designing these elements can be challenging due to complex trade-offs for natural ventilation and energy performance, highlighting the need for advanced simulation tools to guide balcony design decisions. Th...
The use of balconies in hot climates holds the potential to block direct solar radiation thus reducing energy consumption for cooling and enhancing visual comfort. However, balconies may also diminish daylight availability within the room, thereby affecting occupants’ satisfaction and wellbeing. This study aimed to provide balcony design recommenda...
The use of balconies in tropical climates holds the potential to block direct solar radiation, thereby reducing energy consumption for cooling and enhancing visual comfort. However, balconies may also diminish daylight availability within the room, affecting occupants’ satisfaction and well-being. From a building performance perspective, balcony de...
During extreme climate events, resilient design relies both on efficient active systems to lower the likelihood of power outages and on passive and mixed-mode strategies to help to maintain adequate comfort when they occur. As most measures to increase building resilience add embodied impacts, designers need a clearer view of the consequences that...
Shading and natural ventilation are effective passive strategies to assure thermal comfort in most part of the Brazilian territory. Balconies can be used as a solar shading device that behave as an eave to the lower floor, reducing the incidence of direct solar radiation, while allowing reflected and diffuse daylight and natural ventilation through...
Self-built and informal houses emerged in Brazilian urban areas as a result of a Brazilian scenario of housing deficit and failed social politics created for providing housings in a quantitative way. The shape grammar is a feasible method for designing houses, allowing mass customization and preservation of the local identity in consolidated commun...
Office buildings present high energy consumption due to the intensive use of computers, data centers and air conditioning systems. In most cases, the air conditioning is essential to provide thermal comfort and increase the user’s productivity, frequently being the main energy consumer. The energy consumption reduction by increasing the building th...
Edifícios corporativos apresentam alto consumo energético devido ao uso intenso de computadores, centrais de processamento de dados e sistemas artificiais de condicionamento. Muitas vezes, os sistemas de condicionamento são imprescindíveis para garantir o conforto térmico e a produtividade dos usuários, sendo os principais consumidores de energia....
Design decisions that influence a building's environmental performance have typically focused on reducing the operational consumption. Synthetic climate data to account for climate change effects are increasingly used to predict Future building performance. Now or in the future, efficient fixtures and systems can indeed reduce operational energy, b...
Facade elements may impact the performance of natural ventilation in buildings. This research investigated the influence of balconies on the natural ventilation performance of a high-rise building located in Sao Paulo's city center, by analyzing its envelope wind pressure coefficients. Wind tunnel experiments were performed in the atmospheric bound...
Facing a Brazilian scenario of housing deficit and failed social politics created for providing housings in a quantitative way and guaranteeing quality, the needs for mass customization are clear. A method for designing this type of housing is proposed based on the use of shape grammar and the insertion of bioclimatic strategies for improving therm...