Thermal Comfort Analysis

Thermal Comfort Analysis is at the core of what our ESD consultants do at our Singapore office in BroadTech Engineering.
An energy efficient building is one that performs well thermally and offers occupants within the building interior space an optimal level of thermal comfort

Using thermal comfort analysis, we as an ESD consultancy can ensure the thermal comfort of occupants and accurately predict the ambient temperature of the building interior space in different seasonal weather, specific times of day and sun path situations.

By having an in-depth engineering simulation and Energy modelling analysis of the thermal temperature distribution and human comfort against thermal measurement indexes such as PMV (Predicted Mean Vote), we as a Green building consultancy can help you to implement building design measures to ensure a stable and moderate thermal environment, as defined by the international ISO requirements, which generally satisfy the large majority of the building internal occupants.

Factors to Consider when Designing for Human Thermal Comfort

There is a range of critical factors that building design consultants need to consider when implementing green building design which is designed for maximizing the occupant thermal comfort.
Some of the factors include

1. Air Movement Velocity

Computer simulation of the rate of air movement over a given distance and time using airflow simulation

2. General Human Metabolic rate

Thermal energy generated and emitted from the surface of the human body

3. Radiant Temperature

The weighted mean average of all the thermal temperatures from the thermal emission surfaces surrounding a building occupant and sun’s thermal energy (using Daylight analysis, solar radiation analysis, and Sun path Analysis)

4. Relative Humidity of Surrounding Air

Percentage of water vapor in the air

5. Ambient Air Temperature of Building Interior Space

Thermal temperature of the immediate ambient air surrounding the human occupant using building airflow modeling

6. Insulation Properties of the Human Clothing Material

The amount of thermal insulation the person is wearing

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