Conference proceeding
Thermal comfort in a historic building: the case of the Museum of History of Valencia
World Heritage and Degradation: Smart Design, Planning and Technologies, pp.41-50
Fabbrica della Conoscenza
01 Jan 2016
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Abstract
The objective of this paper is to analyze the thermal comfort of visitors of the Museum of History of Valencia, a historic building originally used as a tank that provided the city with potable water. A beautiful example of Valencian industrial architecture, the building was built in 1850 and it is considered the first public engineering work of the XIX century in Valencia. It consists of a spacious reservoir, rehabilitated and adapted for its new use in 2000, with a maze of two hundred fifty pillars supporting a roof formed of eleven semicircular vaults made of bricks from local towns.
The authors undertake a literary review of research on thermal comfort and energy efficiency assessment in historic buildings that have been modified and adapted for modern use. The paper discusses the result of the survey performed at the Museum, which evaluate the visitors' perceptions of thermal comfort (temperature, humidity, etc.). Differences in gender, place of residence and age are considered in the analysis. The results of the surveys are compared to the actual internal and external temperature and humidity, which have been recorded over time using data loggers.
The biggest conflict is how to achieve the requisite levels of thermal comfort while simultaneously bringing the buildings up to par with current energy efficiency standards and preserving each building's heritage value.
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- Title
- Thermal comfort in a historic building: the case of the Museum of History of Valencia
- Creators
- Isabel Tort-Ausina - Univ Politecn Valencia, Sch Bldg Engn, Dept Appl Phys, E-46022 Valencia, SpainAntonio Martinez-Molina - Univ Politecn Valencia, Sch Bldg Engn, E-46022 Valencia, SpainJose Luis Vivancos-Bono
- Contributors
- L Corniello (Editor)
- Publication Details
- World Heritage and Degradation: Smart Design, Planning and Technologies, pp.41-50
- Series
- Fabbrica della Conoscenza
- Publisher
- Scuola Pitagora Editrice
- Number of pages
- 10
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Architecture, Design, and Urbanism
- Identifiers
- 991021889992004721
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