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ENERGY SAVINGS BY USING DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS IN THE CAVITY OF DOUBLE SKIN FACADES
Douglas Noble dnoble@usc.edu (213) 740-4589 (committee chair)
Karen Kensek kensek@usc.edu (213) 740-2723 (committee)
Joon-Ho Choi joonhoch@usc.edu (213) 740-4576 (committee)
By
Maria Spastri
______________________________________________________________________________
A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE
December 2014
Copyright 2014 Maria Spastri
Object Description
| Title | Energy savings by using dynamic environmental controls in the cavity of double skin facades |
| Author | Spastri, Maria |
| Author email | spastri@usc.edu;green.arch.ms@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2014-05-07 |
| Date submitted | 2014-10-28 |
| Date approved | 2014-10-28 |
| Restricted until | 2014-10-28 |
| Date published | 2014-10-28 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Noble, Douglas |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Kensek, Karen M. Choi, Joon-Ho |
| Abstract | Double Skin Facades (DSF) have been studied extensively in the past for different aspects such as energy and thermal performance, daylight, acoustics, use as noise barriers, aesthetics etc. A review of the current state and energy performance issues of DSF’s are being addressed and mostly regarding their impact on the building’s performance. Moreover, the experimental proposal provides a solution to enhance their efficiency. In order to achieve this goal a dynamic airflow control system was proposed in the cavity. The effect of this system and its outcomes were examined in energy simulation software. The proposed system offers the flexibility to transform a DSF between the four basic types: multi-story, corridor, shaft box, and window box. The results were compared among the types and a single skin façade system. This transformation allows control of the airflow in the cavity, and increases or decreases the air velocity/air volume. The study was made for a climate in each of the cities of: Los Angeles, New York and Houston. The outcomes identified which facade typology performs better for which climate, time period (day, season, year etc.); what the adopting transformation pattern should be for each location, the time period that contributes to the energy savings; and finally identified the configurations that should be avoided in every case. Depending on the climate the energy savings could be up to 4% for the hottest day and up to 4.32% for the coldest day during a 24h cycle. |
| Keyword | double-skin facade; dynamic control system; energy savings; building performance; energy performance; cavity; simulation; dynamic system; office building; building envelope; control |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Spastri, Maria |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-SpastriMar-3036.pdf |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume3/etd-SpastriMar-3036.pdf |
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| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | ENERGY SAVINGS BY USING DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS IN THE CAVITY OF DOUBLE SKIN FACADES Douglas Noble dnoble@usc.edu (213) 740-4589 (committee chair) Karen Kensek kensek@usc.edu (213) 740-2723 (committee) Joon-Ho Choi joonhoch@usc.edu (213) 740-4576 (committee) By Maria Spastri ______________________________________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE December 2014 Copyright 2014 Maria Spastri |
