How green building rating systems affect indoor thermal comfort environments design

He，Yueer1,2,3; Wong，Nyuk Hien4; Kvan，Thomas5; Liu，Meng6,7; Tong，Shanshan4

2022-10-01

10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109514

BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT   Impact Factor & Quartile

0360-1323

1873-684X

This paper addresses a controversial issue that Green Building Rating Systems (GBRS) may not necessarily improve user experience, particularly indoor thermal comfort. We conducted detailed theoretical analysis, simulation and comparison work to understand how the examined GBRSs (LEED, BREEAM, Green Star, Green Mark, ASGB and BEAM Plus) affect the indoor thermal environments design, particularly the impact of energy-saving centric indicators with prescriptive rating path on indoor thermal comfort under free-running conditions. We conclude that the GBRS attributes (criteria settings, rating approaches and weights allocations) dominate the green design and thus affect the performance of the indoor thermal environment in green buildings. The interaction between different environmental category criteria and indoor thermal environment creation is analysed; GBRS criteria for indoor thermal comfort creation are identified as performance-based and prescriptive-based; suggestions for the prescriptive-based criteria for the energy-saving design of building envelopes in Green Mark and ASGB are given; the interaction of indoor and outdoor thermal comfort is suggested to be strengthened; challenges and research directions for the performance path adopted in GBRSs are presented. The research findings inform the green building designers and consultants in selecting GBRS credits and provide insights into the development of GBRSs and potential research interests.

Building thermal performance Indoor and outdoor thermal interactions Indoor thermal comfort design Performance or measure based criteria Prerequisite and weights allocations

SCI ; EI

English

Others

State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science[2022ZB10];National Natural Science Foundation of China[52178020];

Construction & Building Technology ; Engineering

Construction & Building Technology ; Engineering, Environmental ; Engineering, Civil

WOS:000862288500005

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

20223612684052

Architectural design ; Energy conservation

Buildings and Towers:402 ; Structural Design, General:408.1 ; Energy Conservation:525.2 ; Space Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning:643

ENGINEERING

2-s2.0-85137014569

Scopus

1.School of Architecture and Urban Planning,Shenzhen University,518060,China
2.State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science,510000,China
3.Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Optimizing Design of Built Environment,China
4.College of Design and Engineering,National University of Singapore,117566,Singapore
5.School of Design,Southern University of Science and Technology,518055,China
6.National Centre for International Research of Low-carbon and Green Buildings,Chongqing University,400044,China
7.School of Civil Engineering,Chongqing University,400044,China

He，Yueer,Wong，Nyuk Hien,Kvan，Thomas,et al. How green building rating systems affect indoor thermal comfort environments design[J]. BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT,2022,224.

He，Yueer,Wong，Nyuk Hien,Kvan，Thomas,Liu，Meng,&Tong，Shanshan.(2022).How green building rating systems affect indoor thermal comfort environments design.BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT,224.

He，Yueer,et al."How green building rating systems affect indoor thermal comfort environments design".BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT 224(2022).