The Necessity of Improving the Standard for Thermal Environment in Korean Public Facilities
As one of the energy saving policies, the Korean government has been regulating the indoor thermal environment of public office facilities in Korea, starting with energy conservation measures in 1980. This policy, which is above 28 °C in summer and below 18 °C in winter, is causing...
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| author | Yong-Joon Jun Jin-Ha Yoon Shin Kim Young-Hak Song Kyung-Soon Park |
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| description | As one of the energy saving policies, the Korean government has been regulating the indoor thermal environment of public office facilities in Korea, starting with energy conservation measures in 1980. This policy, which is above 28 °C in summer and below 18 °C in winter, is causing discomfort among the occupants. The purpose of this study is to support the need to improve temperature limitation standards of the Korean public office facilities. For this purpose, the standards for the thermal environment in offices of major countries and associations were examined. Subsequently, they were compared with the Korean standards. Additionally, nine buildings of public office facilities in Korea were surveyed on the thermal environment, and PMV measurement was carried out. As a result, most of the buildings that complied with the cooling temperature standard as well as most of the buildings that did not comply were found to be uncomfortable. In conclusion, to improve the comfort of Korean public office facilities in the heating and cooling period, it is necessary to mitigate temperature regulation and regulate additional environmental factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-97b1c79fc3d64735b62f77fea49a5b362022-12-22T04:22:24ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-01-0113352310.3390/en13030523en13030523The Necessity of Improving the Standard for Thermal Environment in Korean Public FacilitiesYong-Joon Jun0Jin-Ha Yoon1Shin Kim2Young-Hak Song3Kyung-Soon Park4Architectural Engineering Major, Division of Urban, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Dong-Eui University, Busan 47340, KoreaSmart Greenbuilding Lab, EAN Technology, Seoul 06159, KoreaSmart Greenbuilding Lab, EAN Technology, Seoul 06159, KoreaDepartment of Architectural Engineering, Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, KoreaArchitectural Engineering Major, Division of Urban, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Dong-Eui University, Busan 47340, KoreaAs one of the energy saving policies, the Korean government has been regulating the indoor thermal environment of public office facilities in Korea, starting with energy conservation measures in 1980. This policy, which is above 28 °C in summer and below 18 °C in winter, is causing discomfort among the occupants. The purpose of this study is to support the need to improve temperature limitation standards of the Korean public office facilities. For this purpose, the standards for the thermal environment in offices of major countries and associations were examined. Subsequently, they were compared with the Korean standards. Additionally, nine buildings of public office facilities in Korea were surveyed on the thermal environment, and PMV measurement was carried out. As a result, most of the buildings that complied with the cooling temperature standard as well as most of the buildings that did not comply were found to be uncomfortable. In conclusion, to improve the comfort of Korean public office facilities in the heating and cooling period, it is necessary to mitigate temperature regulation and regulate additional environmental factors.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/3/523public office facilitythermal environmentpmv (predicted mean vote)standard comparison |
| spellingShingle | Yong-Joon Jun Jin-Ha Yoon Shin Kim Young-Hak Song Kyung-Soon Park The Necessity of Improving the Standard for Thermal Environment in Korean Public Facilities Energies public office facility thermal environment pmv (predicted mean vote) standard comparison |
| title | The Necessity of Improving the Standard for Thermal Environment in Korean Public Facilities |
| title_full | The Necessity of Improving the Standard for Thermal Environment in Korean Public Facilities |
| title_fullStr | The Necessity of Improving the Standard for Thermal Environment in Korean Public Facilities |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Necessity of Improving the Standard for Thermal Environment in Korean Public Facilities |
| title_short | The Necessity of Improving the Standard for Thermal Environment in Korean Public Facilities |
| title_sort | necessity of improving the standard for thermal environment in korean public facilities |
| topic | public office facility thermal environment pmv (predicted mean vote) standard comparison |
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