Method to Investigate Effects of Indoor Climate on Energy Consumption and Productivity in Offices

Riga Technical University 53rd International Scientific Conference: Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary and the 1st Congress of World Engineers and Riga Polytechnical Institute: Digest 2012
Gaļina Stankeviča, Andris Krēsliņš

This paper presents graphic-analytical approach to investigate the effects of indoor climate on energy efficiency and productivity with respect to costs for maintaining optimal indoor air conditions in office buildings. The maintenance of optimal indoor air conditions throughout the entire year is not economically viable, and allowance for deviation of temperature and humidity should be considered during certain periods, especially in cold and humid climate. The proposed approach was developed for typical office building in Latvia and can be used for optimization of operation of air handling equipment, and determination of maximum economically viable capacities of heating, cooling and humidification equipment, using profit as a criterion.

Keywords
Air conditioning, employee productivity, energy consumption, office buildings.
Hyperlink
http://scientific-conference2012.rtu.lv/sites/default/files/pdf/RTU_Conference_2012.pdf

Stankeviča, G., Krēsliņš, A. Method to Investigate Effects of Indoor Climate on Energy Consumption and Productivity in Offices. In: Riga Technical University 53rd International Scientific Conference: Dedicated to the 150th Anniversary and the 1st Congress of World Engineers and Riga Polytechnical Institute: Digest, Latvia, Riga, 11-12 October, 2012. Riga: RTU, 2012, pp.430-430. ISBN 9789934103605.

Publication language
English (en)