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Table 1: comparison between single glazed high performance facade and double skin | ||
Single skin facade | Double skin facade | |
Shading co-efficient (Carrier method) | 0·3 | 0·15 |
Heat transfer co-efficient (W/m2K) | 5·0 | 1·25 |
Table 2: results of cfd analysis (Shading) | ||||||
Glass shading | Outside pane | Inside pane | Floor | Ceiling | Total (kW) | |
Summer (W/m2) | fully shaded | 4 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 1·22 |
Winter (W/m2) | fully sunlit | 40 | 40 | 280 | 120 | 12·16 |
Table 3: results of cfd analysis (temperature) | ||||
Max internal temp | Exhaust temp. | Outside pane heat trans | Inside pane heat trans. | |
Summer | 35·10°C | 28·80°C average | 1·7 kW from outside | 1·5 kW to inside |
Winter | 76·70°C | 32·80°C average | 6·8 kW to outside | 2·4 kW to inside |