The microclimate parameters change in the occupied zone inside some large-volume buildings with significant influence of the heat emission from people staying inside

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Woycickiego street 1/3, 01-938 Warsaw, Poland

^⁎ Corresponding author: p.jelec@uksw.edu.pl

Abstract

The paper shows selected aspects of the microclimate change in the occupied zone of the large-volume buildings. The air temperature and some other microclimate parameters change because of heat emission from people staying inside there. There are shown exemplary methods and results of research conducted in sacral buildings and residential apartment buildings. It is based on author's research. The novelty is the research of the human heat emission in case of a big number of people staying inside sacral buildings. It can be useful for a large-volume buildings design (especially for the sacral buildings) and for microclimate shaping in many types of buildings and residential buildings also. In some buildings with a big number of people staying inside at the same time (such as the sacral buildings) heat emitted from people significantly influences on microclimate. Another situation is observed in residential apartment buildings, where heat and moisture gain are distributed in separate rooms. Human heat streams can be useful as a part of the heat balance of the room especially in case the big number of people staying in the room.