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SE-14-C020 -- Effect of the Set-Point Temperature on Indoor Thermal Comfort and Energy Demand in Office Building
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SE-14-C020 -- Effect of the Set-Point Temperature on Indoor Thermal Comfort and Energy Demand in Office Building
Conference Proceeding by ASHRAE, 2014
Taeju Park; Doosam Song, Ph.D; Kinam Kang, Ph.D; Gyumin Kang, M.D; Brain S. Kim; Hyejung Cho, Ph.D; Sunggeun Song
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All government buildings in Korea are required to set indoor temperature above 28 C (82.4 F) and some commercial building using energy over 2,000 TOE should set above 26 C (78.8 F). However, much research has insisted that productivity of office workers is considerably influenced by the thermal environment. As the comfort zone of 0.5 Clo condition on ASHRAE Standard 55-2004, 27 C (80.6 F) is the boundary between comfort and discomfort. In this study, the effect of the set-point temperature on occupant's thermal comfort and energy demand in an office building equipped with VRF system will be analyzed. The indoor set-point temperature was set at 26 C (78.8 F) and 27 C(80.6 F) in summer. The result of this study could be a baseline data for finding an upper limit of the indoor temperature considering the energy use and thermal comfort in office building.
Citation: ASHRAE Papers CD: 2014 ASHRAE Annual Conference, Seattle, WA