Hello everyone,
I am new to the topic of solar radiation analysis, apologies if the question may appear silly.
We are running a test on a building in North of England and we have received the following values.
We would like to understand what is the limit kwh/m2 that establish when a facade is overheated ?
Thank you in advance
Andrea
Hi Andrea,
A radiation study would be too simplistic to understand when a facade is overheated. In order to test this, I believe, you will have to tie your study to an energy simulation that can help you analyze indoor thermal comfort using a metric like PMV or adaptive comfort. These metrics have scale that define the conditions when it is too hot. In this indoor thermal comfort simulation, if you keep all the other parameters constant and just change the time of the year, you should be able to see the impact the radiation falling on the facade of the building has on thermal comfort. You will find examples of these workflows on hydra. Please look for “Indoor PMV Comfort” and “indoor adaptive comfort.”
Hello devang,
Thank you for your answer.
Best Regards,
Andrea
