The comparison of thermal comfort test results in selected traditional and modern buildings

Faculty of Environmental, Geomatic and Energy Engineering, Kielce University of Technology, Poland

^* Corresponding author: nkrawczyk@tu.kielce.pl

Abstract

The use of renewable energy sources in buildings is more and more common (both for heating and cooling purposes, as well as electricity generation). The paper focuses on the thermal comfort tests in two buildings: the traditional one (that uses non-renewable sources of energy) and the modern intelligent building “Energis” of Kielce University of Technology. The thermal sensations of students in these two buildings have been compared based on the questionnaire survey and conclusions have been drawn regarding the differences between the feelings of thermal comfort in those two buildings. Apart from subjective feelings of the volunteers, the measurements of indoor air parameters were conducted in both buildings and have been presented in the paper.