Thermal Comfort in Residential Buildings: A Case Study

Delivering thermal comfort to the inhabitants is one of the main functions of buildings, but understanding the best way to evaluate the quality of the indoor climate is not an easy task. This is especially true for residential buildings, where inhabitants have a great possibility of adaptation and personal preferences and habits play a crucial role. In this paper, three models taken from standards and literature are tested on a residential single-family house from the DHOMO project. The different outputs are discussed and speculation are made about emerging approaches to indoor thermal quality design.