INVESTIGADORES
FLORES LARSEN Silvana Elinor
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.