Dionne Limpens-Neilen, Mariëlle Schoffelen and Henk Schellen
Year:
2005
Bibliographic info:
Building Simulation, 2005, Montreal, Canada, 8 p

This paper is about the application of a local (radiant) bench heating system in a church. This local heating system could be a nice alternative to heating the large air volume of the building, because it radiates the heat to the people directly without influencing the overall indoor climate of the church. This would save energy costs and reduce the risk of damaging the monumental building and its interior, but it would still provide human thermal comfort. In this paper, the modeling in CFD and the verification of this CFD model, as well as the resulting local indoor climate is presented.