43KrausseLomas.pdf (1.02 MB)
Environmental performance of a naturally ventilated city centre library
conference contribution
posted on 2013-06-06, 10:16 authored by Birgit Krausse, Malcolm J. Cook, Kevin LomasKevin LomasTo tackle climate change it is essential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. To this
end, it is important to reduce the energy demands of buildings. The Frederick
Lanchester Library at Coventry University, UK, incorporates natural ventilation,
daylighting and passive cooling strategies. By using lightwells and perimeter stacks to
supply and exhaust air, it can be adequately ventilated by natural means despite its
deep plan form and sealed façade. This paper gives a brief overview of the Library’s
design and the main cooling and ventilation strategies. Temperature and energy
consumption data from the two most recent years of continuous operation are
presented and the building’s performance is compared to the original design criteria
and good practice guidelines. The data indicates that the building uses under half the
energy of a standard air-conditioned building and yet, in summer, can keep the
interior comfortable and up to 5 K below ambient.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
KRAUSSE, B., COOK, M.J. and LOMAS, K.J., 2006. Environmental performance of a naturally ventilated city centre library. Proceedings of the International Conference on Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings - Getting them Right, Windsor, UK, 27th-30th April 2006, 12pp.Publisher
Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings (NCEUB) / © the authorsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2006Notes
This is a conference paper.Publisher version
Language
- en