Building Performance: Analysis of Naturally Ventilated UK Office Building

Evaluating naturally ventilated buildings for performance is a difficult task, often relying oncomputer simulations and modeling to assess thermal comfort and airflow issues. This paper presents the long and short term monitoring procedures and data devised to determine the overall building performance of a naturally ventilated office building in the United Kingdom. From this paper one can better understand the energy, ventilation, thermal and overall building performance as well as occupant comfort for this type of building, and apply the findings to improvements in the design of future naturally ventilated buildings.