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corresponding minimum of 14.5℃These represent a risk factor of 5%for typical
weather data in south—east England I 1 4].
A risk factor of 5%implies that the external temperature will exceed 23.5℃ for about
7_8 days over the 1 50 days of the summer cooling—season of 5 months.Lower and
higher risk factors(of 50,25,5 and 2%)were also taken into account while performing
the calculations.These correspond to maximum temperatures of 24.5℃(2%),22℃
f10%1,19.5℃(25%)and 18℃(50%).The last value of 50%could be taken as an
average value over the cooling season.i.e.indicating that 50%of the maximum tem。
peratures are above this value and 50%below.In addition,a maximum temperature ot
29.5℃ was considered to examine the scenario of a hot spell during the summer.
2.3.Building model
The building model is based on a typical cellular office of 1 0 m width,6 m depth
and 3 m floor-to-ceiling height.It is positioned in the middle of a row of offices on
the middle floor of a 3-storey office—block.The building weight is defined by the
construction of the ceiling.The constructions of the various building elements are
(the outermost layer being given first):
•Walls:3 mm steel.cladding,air gap,100 mm insulation,10 mm plaster.
•Windows:double glazed.U—value=3.0 W/㎡K.
•Partition construction:5 mm plaster,1 3 mm plasterboard,1 00 mm air gap,1 3
mm plasterboard,5 mm plaster.
•Ceiling
。Light weight:12 mm Wilton carpet,1 50 mm light—cast concrete,400 mm
air.gap,20 mm glass—fibre quilt,2 mm steel-cladding.
。Medium weight:1 2 mm Wilton carpet,20 mm plywood,1 00 mm air。gap,
1 00 mm heavy—cast concrete,400 mm air-gap,20 mm glass—fibre quilt,2 mm
steel—cladding.
。Heavy weight:1 2 mm Wilton carpet,5 mm plywood,200 mm air—gap,300
mm case concrete.
Occupancy is assumed to occur from Monday to Friday inclusive:8:00 am to
1 8:00 pm and Saturday 8:00 am to 1 2:30 pm.
2.4.Dny—cooling system
The air—conditioning system selected for day cooling is a 100%fresh-air fan-coil sys-
tern with a COP of 3.0,with a supply fan of 1 W/Is specific power while the extract fan
has a 0.75 W/ls specific power;both values were selected to represent‘best practice’.
2.5.Night—cooling system
Several types of night-cooling system have been investigated.Three natural’ven。
tilation configurations(single—sided,cross and stack ventilation)and balanced
mechanical ventilation using the day-cooling system.