• Physical properties of construction materials
  • Overheating risk: diagrams
  • Daylight autonomy: diagram
  • Acceptable contrast within the visual field
  • Thermal renovation strategies

  • Gross heating needs CH
    • Transmission heat loss QT
    • Ventilation heat loss QV
  • Net heating needs CH
    • Internal gains Qi
    • Solar gains Qs
  • Net DHW needs
  • Overall needs

  • Standard operation conditions, according to building category
  • Heat losses reduction factors b1, b2
  • Efficiencies (or useful ratios) ηch, ηecs
  • Calculation variables C0, a0, t0
  • Recommended illuminance levels

  • Weather data
  • Site : Lausanne
    Situation : depression
    Horizon : astronomic
    Inclination : 90°
       
    Altitude : 618 m
    Exposition : South
       
    θdim : -6 °C
       
    DTC [K*Ms] : 292 (per winter season)
    DJ [K*jour] : 3380 (per winter season)

ND [days] θext [°C] GH [MJ/m2] GVS [MJ/m2] GS45° [MJ/m2] GVE [MJ/m2] GVW [MJ/m2] GVN [MJ/m2]
January 31 1.7 115 176 184 82 82 55
February 28 2.2 174 214 243 116 116 76
March 30 5.9 327 305 395 198 198 124
April 22 8.9 433 298 452 245 245 155
May 13 13.3 565 311 535 307 307 202
June 0 16.5 607 302 549 323 323 219
July 0 20.3 675 343 625 358 358 226
August 0 19.7 570 353 576 312 312 185
October 19 11.5 249 272 331 151 151 91
November 29 5.9 124 169 186 80 80 52
December 31 3.2 99 165 168 69 69 4

DTC and HDD calculation
DTC [K*Ms] = \[\sum\limits_{\mathop \theta \nolimits_e <\mathop \theta \nolimits_{encl} }^{} {(\mathop \theta \nolimits_i - \mathop \theta \nolimits_e )} \] [K] * 0.0864 [Ms/day] * ND [heating days]
HDD [K*day] = \[\sum\limits_{\mathop \theta \nolimits_e <\mathop \theta \nolimits_{encl} }^{} {(\mathop \theta \nolimits_i - \mathop \theta \nolimits_e )} \] [K] * ND [heating days]
Venue : Chemin de Mornex 10 - Lausanne
Construction Date : 1993 - 1995
Volume : 29'910 m3 (SIA)
Footprint : 1270 m2
Total cost (CFC2) : 18 millions (520 CHF/m3 (SIA))
The building is composed of :
  • 73 offices (106 employees)
  • Conference and seminar rooms
  • A cafeteria
  • Underground level: archives, technical rooms and parking areas.

Occupation

Occupants number Np : 106
Surface per occupant : 44.5 m2
Presence duration tp : 1825 hours / year (i.e. on avg 6 hours / working day )

Surfaces

Gross heated floor area : HFA = 4'732 m2 (c.f. SIA 180/4)

Envelope surfaces :
  Outdoors facing surfaces (Aext) :
    Walls     1'758 m2 U=0.32 [W/m2k]
    Windows 709 m2 South 285 m2 U=0.63 [W/m2k] *
        East 156 m2 "
        West 154 m2 "
        North 114 m2 "
    Roof     1'020 m2 U=0.28 [W/m2k]
 
        * this values includes both glazing and frame
 
  Surfaces against the ground (At) :
    Walls against the ground     344 m2 U=0.38 [W/m2k]
 
  Surfaces in contact with non-heated areas (Anc) :
    Floor against the parking area     1'020 m2 U=0.38 [W/m2k]

Windows features

Double glazing with selective coating : U= 0.6 [W/m2 K] g=0.55
Wood-metal frames : U= 0.7 [W/m2 K]
Shading fraction : Fo= 0.45
Frame fraction : fc= 0.25
Internal blinds fraction : fv= 0

Technical equipment (HVAC, DHW, electricity)

Heating

Gas boiler 150 kW, annual consumption 1.160 [GJ]

Heated volume V= 11'355 [m3]

Domestic Hot Water (DHW)

Consumption : 20 [litres / person day] = 0.02 [m3/ person day]

Daily usage : 12 [h/day] = 0.0432 [Ms/day] with number of usage days NJecs = 365 [days / year]

Average difference between incoming water temperature(~12[°C]) and supply water temperature (~60[°C]) : Δθ = 48 [°C], [K]

Electricity

Yearly consumption : 56'500 [kWh/year]

Lighting

Lighting energy intensity in the offices : 9.4 [W/m2]

Photometric measurements (<= )

Heat recovery

Rotary enthalpy heat exchanger "ECONOVENT"

Exchange efficiency: ηech = 0.85

Specific electricity use of the heat recovery system : Eel = 0.45 [Wh/m3 of air]

Heat recovery rate : ηrecup = 0.75

Renewable production

South oriented solar thermal collectors tilted 45°

Energy conversion efficiency : ηcaptage = 0.45

Renewable storage

Seasonal storage in a thermally insulated water tank/ in the ground

Storage efficiency : ηstock (water) = 0.75 | ηstock (terrain) = 0.50

Axonometric scheme

Typical office longitudinal section

Masterplan

Typical plan (1st floor)

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