Assessment of the Visual and Thermal Comfort of Static vs Thermochromic Double-Glazing Systems

Authors

Henriqueta Teixeira¹ , M. Glória Gomes¹ , A. Moret Rodrigues¹ , Daniel Aelenei²

1. CERIS, DECivil, IST, UL
2. UNINOVA, DEC, FCT, UNL

Conference / event

European Facade Network Conference, June 2022 (Lisbon, Portugal)

Poster summary

Main results of the indoor comfort performance of a thermochromic glazing against conventional static glazing systems with and without solar control, under the climate of Lisbon. The performance is assessed through a calibrated numerical model. The thermochromic glazing improved glare control and increased the percentage of working hours within thermal comfort.

Keywords

Thermochromic glazing, Solar control film, Numerical simulation, Visual comfort, Thermal comfort

Research areas

Civil Engineering

References

1. Teixeira, H., Glória Gomes, M., Moret Rodrigues, A., & Aelenei, D. (2022). Assessment of the visual, thermal and energy performance of static vs thermochromic double-glazing under different European climates. Build. Environ., vol. 217, p. 109115. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109115
2. Teixeira, H., Glória Gomes, M., Moret Rodrigues, A., & Pereira, J. (2020). Thermal and visual comfort, energy use and environmental performance of glazing systems with solar control films. Build. Environ., vol. 168, p. 106474. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106474

Funding

1. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (No. PD/BD/150576/2020)

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Competing interests

No competing interests were disclosed.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and / or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Creative Commons license

Copyright © 2022 Teixeira et al. This is an open access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.