CONFORTO TÉRMICO EM RESIDÊNCIAS DE DIFERENTES CARACTERÍSTICAS CONSTRUTIVAS EM JOINVILLE/SC

Abstract

Considering the current scenario of increasing global temperatures and the dependence on electric power to achieve thermal comfort, this work aims to evaluate the thermal performance of residences in Joinville/Brazil and the thermal comfort of their occupants. Three residences were monitored over 128 days in a predominantly cold period. The external and internal temperatures of each residence were compared for the thermal performance analysis. The study on thermal comfort was carried out through the application of questionnaires, with questions regarding the user’s thermal preferences and sensations at the moment of the response, which served as a basis for establishing correlations between the data and analyzing possible patterns in the responses. It was sought to find relationships between the evaluated parameters and to compare temperatures and humidities of the different residences and monitored environments. Correlations were evaluated and compared with results obtained in similar studies. As for the thermal performance, when analyzing the temperature, it was noticed that due to the construction standards, one of the residences had temperatures much lower than the others. The correlations of thermal comfort between the clothing insulation and the thermal sensation and temperature were significant, according to the theory of adaptive comfort. The results obtained in this work show the influence of the characteristics of the residence in their thermal performance. In addition, the results on thermal comfort confirm and conform to the adaptive comfort theory, so that the differences between the temperatures obtained in this work and the others can be attributed to the adaptability of users to the environment in which they live.