Thermal Performance of Residential Buildings withe Large Glazing areas in Lisbon - Modelling and Validation

This work aims to demonstrate the parameters of both major and minor influence on the thermal performance of units with large glazing areas, whether with one face or two exposed. The study was developed after a two year monitoring campaign in a group of 23 building apartments (the units have more than 60% of the main façades in glazing. The main goal was to carry out a representative model that can be validated by the experimental results in order develop a set of parametric studies for the Lisbon Climate. Part of the modeling included the development of detailed and simplified geometrical models related to the units selected for the study. Different parametric variations were performed (summer and winter) using the detailed and simplified geometrical models. These took into account the characteristics of each housing unit and the conditions under which they were monitored in summer and winter. The thermal simulation software EnergyPlus (with the calculation model present in this software) was used to simulate all solutions and models. Thus, the study allows not only comparison but also the evaluation and validation of the models