INENCO   05446
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ENERGIA NO CONVENCIONAL
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Thermal simulation of a double skin façade with plants
Autor/es:
FLORES LARSEN SILVANA; FILIPPÍN CELINA; LESINO GRACIELA
Revista:
Energy Procedia
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Año: 2014 vol. 57 p. 1763 - 1772
ISSN:
1876-6102
Resumen:
Using plants in building walls is a bioclimatic strategy to obtain savings in building energy consumption, between other important benefits of aesthetic, psychological and economic origins. The plant, as a living component of the facade, responses to the environment conditions in a very complicated way. The simulation of this response is not straightforward and some simplifications are needed in order to include it as a building component. The aim of this paper is to present two alternative simplified models to simulate a green wall with EnergyPlus. A discussion about why the green roof model cannot be used in a vertical green façade is also included. Both models are used to simulate a prototype with a green façade. Inside and outside glass temperatures, plant foliage temperature, and window heat gain and losses are calculated. The results are discussed and recommendations for simulating green façades are done.