Statistical simulation of user behaviour in low-energy office buildings (2009)
A large number of design guidelines and tools are available for the design of passive cooling systems. However, the building engineer should take several uncertainties into account since the actual...
Building signatures correlating thermal comfort and low-energy cooling: In-use performance (2009)
Kalz, D.E., Pfafferott, J., Herkel, S., Wagner, A.
Une analyse detaillee du confort thermique en ete est presentee pour onze batiments non residentiels basse energie, a mode mixte, et un immeuble d'habitation en Allemagne, appliquant les normes de...
Towards a model of user behaviour regarding the manual control of windows in office buildings (2008)
Erweiterung des Hitzewarnsystems um die Vorhersage der Wärmebelastung in Innenräumen (2008)
A heat/health warning system (HHWS) was established in Germany as a climate change adaptation measure and as a direct consequence of the heat wave in 2003. The system used by the German weather...
Voss, K., Herkel, S., Pfafferott, J., Löhnert, G., Wagner, A.
To gain access to information on energy use in office buildings, the German Federal Ministry for Economy launched an intensive research and demonstration programme in 1995. In advance of the 2002 EU...
Impact of adaptive comfort criteria and heat waves on optimal building thermal mass control (2007)
Henze, G.P., Pfafferott, J., Herkel, S., Felsmann, C.
This article investigates building thermal mass control of commercial buildings to reduce utility costs with a particular emphasis on the individual impacts of both adaptive comfort criteria and of...
Pfafferott, J., Kalz, D., Schossig, P., Herkel, S.
The objective of this study aims at analyzing and evaluating thermo-active building systems as well as a night ventilation concept with respect to thermal interior comfort by means of a simulation...
Flächenkühlsysteme mit integrierten Phasenwechselmaterialien - Eine Simulationsstudie (2006)
Kalz, D., Pfafferott, J., Schossig, P., Herkel, S.
This paper outlines the effects, the potential and the performance of radiant cooling systems as well as an evaluating comparison with a night ventilation concept by means of a validated building and...
Thermally activated building systems using phase-change-materials (2006)
Kalz, D., Pfafferott, J., Schossig, P., Herkel, S.
This paper outlines the effects, the potential and the performance of thermally activated building systems (TABS), as well as an evaluating comparison with an all-air conditioning system by means of...
Flächenkühlsysteme mit integrierten Phasenwechselmaterialien - Eine Simulationsstudie (2006)
Kalz, D., Pfafferott, J., Schossig, P., Herkel, S.
This paper outlines the effects, the potential and the performance of radiant cooling systems as well as an evaluating comparison with a night ventilation concept by means of a validated building and...
Thermally activated building systems using phase-change-materials (2006)
Kalz, D., Pfafferott, J., Schossig, P., Herkel, S.
This paper outlines the effects, the potential and the performance of thermally activated building systems (TABS), as well as an evaluating comparison with an all-air conditioning system by means of...
Thermischer Komfort im Sommer in Bürogebäuden mit passiver Kühlung (2005)
Pfafferott, J., Herkel, S., Zeuschner, A.
Der Extremsommer 2003 hat - verbunden mit dem 26 °C-Urteil von Bielefeld - der wissenschaftlichen Diskussion zum thermischen Komfort neuen Schwung gegeben. Im Fokus der - zum Teil polemisch...
Bauteilkühlung - Messungen und modellbasierte Auswertung (2005)
Pfafferott, J., Herkel, S., Schiel, S.
Viele Niedrigenergie-Bürogebäude setzen auf passive Kühlung [www.solarbau.de]. Passive Kühlung bedeutet den Verzicht auf flächendeckende Klimatisierung / Kühlung der Büros und setzt auf...
Herkel, S., Knapp, U., Pfafferott, J.
This paper presents the results of a field study of manual control of windows which has been carried out in 21 individual offices within the Fraunhofer Institute's building in Freiburg, Germany,...
Thermischer Komfort im Sommer in Bürogebäuden mit passiver Kühlung (2005)
Pfafferott, J., Herkel, S., Zeuschner, A.
Der Extremsommer 2003 hat - verbunden mit dem 26 °C-Urteil von Bielefeld - der wissenschaftlichen Diskussion zum thermischen Komfort neuen Schwung gegeben. Im Fokus der - zum Teil polemisch...
Herkel, S., Knapp, U., Pfafferott, J.
This paper presents the results of a field study of manual control of windows which has been carried out in 21 individual offices within the Fraunhofer Institute's building in Freiburg, Germany, from...
Bauteilkühlung - Messungen und modellbasierte Auswertung (2005)
Pfafferott, J., Herkel, S., Schiel, S.
Viele Niedrigenergie-Bürogebäude setzen auf passive Kühlung [www.solarbau.de]. Passive Kühlung bedeutet den Verzicht auf flächendeckende Klimatisierung / Kühlung der Büros und setzt auf...
As the energy demand of new office buildings has been reduced during the last years, there is a rising interest for heating and cooling systems based on renewable sources of energy. While...
Passive Kühlung im Energiekonzept - Ergebnisse aus vier Monitoringprojekten (2004)
Eine Querschnittsanalyse von Messungen in vier Bürogebäuden (Bild 1) aus den Jahren 2001 - 2003 zeigt Stärken und Schwächen von Gebäudekonzepten mit passiver Kühlung auf. Dabei wird die...
Müssen unsere Bürogebäude klimatisiert werden?: Sommer 2003 (2004)
Pfafferott, J., Herkel, S., Wagner, A.
Der Sommer 2003 war für alle Gebäude - egal ob Wohngebäude, Fertigungshalle oder Bürogebäude, ob mit oder ohne Klimaanlage - der Härtetest für das Raumklima. Messkampagnen im Sommer 2003...
Hybrid ventilation and user behaviour in summer (2004)
Pfafferott, J., Herkel, S., Knapp, U.
Hybrid ventilation is one promising approach to reduce energy consumption in office buildings. On the one hand, a minimum air change rate is supplied to the rooms , even if the windows are closed. On...
Müssen unsere Bürogebäude klimatisiert werden?: Sommer 2003 (2004)
Pfafferott, J., Herkel, S., Wagner, A.
Der Sommer 2003 war für alle Gebäude - egal ob Wohngebäude, Fertigungshalle oder Bürogebäude, ob mit oder ohne Klimaanlage - der Härtetest für das Raumklima. Messkampagnen im Sommer 2003...
Hybrid ventilation and user behaviour in summer (2004)
Pfafferott, J., Herkel, S., Knapp, U.
Hybrid ventilation is one promising approach to reduce energy consumption in office buildings. On the one hand, a minimum air change rate is supplied to the rooms , even if the windows are closed. On...
At the new institute building of Fraunhofer ISE, both mechanical and free night ventilation is used for passive cooling of the offices. The results from a monitoring of room temperatures in 21 office...
Pfafferott, J., Herkel, S., Jäschke, M.
At the new institute building of Fraunhofer ISE, both mechanical and free night ventilation is used for passive cooling of the offices. The results from a long-term monitoring show, that room...
In designing an earth-to-air heat exchanger (EAHX), a decision on design goals has to be made. If the air flow is given by the ventilation system and the construction site is known, the question is:...
At the new institute building of Fraunhofer ISE, both mechanical and free night ventilation is used for passive cooling of the offices. The results from a monitoring of room temperatures in 21 office...