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International Conference | Bari - Lecce, Italy
Session IX
ANALYSIS OF THERMAL AND VISUAL COMFORT IN
RENOVATED SCHOOL CLASSROOMS
Hasim Altan1, Jitka Mohelnikova2 & Pavla Mocova2
1 Sustainable Design of the Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering & IT, British University in Dubai, Dubai, UAE,
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2 Institute of Building Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic,
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Abstract
Nowadays, energy efficiency in buildings is a prime objective for energy policies at regional,
national, and international levels. Existing buildings have a massive potential for energy savings, and old school buildings have been a particular concern when aiming towards energy
renovations. Energy renovation of school buildings is therefore a vital task, which would not
only take into consideration the indoor climate comfort, but also to provide emphasis on the
energy saving potentials and guidelines for the future school designs. For an energy efficient
renovation of educational buildings, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has already provided sufficient knowledgebase and information on retrofit technologies, energy saving approaches, and ventilation strategies. In this paper, the study focuses on thermal performance
and daylight evaluation of classroom environments in an existing school building in central
Europe, by using computer simulation method to carry out analysis of the optimized renovation concept within its locality and again for the specified climatic conditions. The findings
of this study have shown potentials for optimized renovation concepts of school classrooms
for energy efficiency and indoor environments concerning both thermal and visual comfort.
Keywords
Thermal Evaluation, Daylighting, School Buildings, Energy Renovation, Central Europe.
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