CONVERGE: low energy with active passiveness in a transparent highly occupied building

Conference paper (2022)

Authors

P.J.W. van den Engel Building Services - Architecture and the Built Environment
R.M.J. Bokel Building Physics - Architecture and the Built Environment
E. Brembilla Building Physics - Architecture and the Built Environment
L.A. de Araujo Passos Team Bart De Schutter - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
P Luscuere Building Services - Architecture and the Built Environment
Research Group
Building Services (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2022 P.J.W. van den Engel, R.M.J. Bokel, E. Brembilla, L.A. de Araujo Passos, P Luscuere
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Published Date

2022

Language

English

Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Architectural Engineering +Technology

Research Group

Building Services

Abstract

This research gives an overview of the current comfort and energy performance, and optional future design of highly transparent and lightweight buildings. The transparent Co-Creation Centre in the Green Village at the TU Delft, has a combination of active and passive climate control measures. The aim of the research is to show how transparent buildings with a high glass/floor percentage (here 122 %) perform and how these could be optimized. An overview of the research project and system integration is presented, with the focus on energy, comfort and working of the BMS-system. Energy and comfort performances are measured and simulated. Validation has been executed of daylight, solar heat access, and thermal performances. A large Phase Change Material (PCM) buffer in the air handling unit reduces the heating and cooling demand. Making use of passive qualities of the outdoor and indoor air temperature and solar energy requires a more complex control strategy than usual. A Model Predictive Control (MPC) strategy has been investigated and can optimize the energy consumption.