Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 8(5), pp. 890 - 897
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2020.080516
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The Impact of Transparency Ratio on Thermal Comfort: A Field Study on Educational Building

Fatma Zoroğlu Çağlar ^1,*, Gülay Zorer Gedik ¹, Hüseyin Gökdemir ^2
1 Faculty of Architecture, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
² R&D Center, Çuhadaroğlu Metal San. Paz. A.Ş, Istanbul, Turkey

ABSTRACT

The thermal comfort conditions of the educational buildings affect students' attention, focus, perception and learning levels. The design of transparent areas is important in the control of solar radiation affecting thermal comfort conditions. The aim of this study is to determine thermal comfort conditions in classrooms with different transparency ratios and to make suggestions for improvements. Classrooms in the same building on the university campus, in the same direction (south) and with different transparency ratios were determined as study areas. Measurements (PMV-PPD) and surveys (AMV-APD) were carried out during a day in heating period. The thermal comfort conditions were evaluated according to the comfort intervals specified in ASHRAE-55 and ISO-7730 standards. The results showed that there were significant differences in thermal comfort between classrooms. If the transparency ratio is more than necessary, it causes discomfort and redundant energy consumption. Suggestions have been made to ensure solar control and thermal comfort conditions.

KEYWORDS
Transparency Ratio, Thermal Comfort, PMV-PPD, AMV-APD, Classrooms

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Fatma Zoroğlu Çağlar , Gülay Zorer Gedik , Hüseyin Gökdemir , "The Impact of Transparency Ratio on Thermal Comfort: A Field Study on Educational Building," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 890 - 897, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2020.080516.

(b). APA Format:
Fatma Zoroğlu Çağlar , Gülay Zorer Gedik , Hüseyin Gökdemir (2020). The Impact of Transparency Ratio on Thermal Comfort: A Field Study on Educational Building. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 8(5), 890 - 897. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2020.080516.