An inverse modeling approach for the thermal response modeling of green façades

Šuklje, Tomaž (author), Hamdy, Mohamed (author), Arkar, Ciril (author), Hensen, Jan (author), Medved, Sašo (author)

Green façades or vertical greenery systems (VGSs) are continuously gaining attention among urbanists for improving the living comfort and energy efficiency in urban areas. However, modeling and simulating the thermal response of VGSs remains a research topic. This paper introduces a novel inverse modeling approach for modeling the thermal response of VGSs on building envelopes. The modeling approach considers the VGSs as a homogeneous layer with apparent thermo-physical properties. The approach optimizes the apparent thermo-physical properties by calibrating the inverse model using data generated by a detailed thermal response model of VGS or experimental data. It is shown that the predicted temperature of VGS deviates by less than +/-1.3°C, while the heat flux on the inner side of the building envelope deviates by less than +/-0.3 W/m[sup]2 compared to the measured values.

• Language: English
• Keywords: vertical greenery systems, evaporative cooling, green façade, climate adaptive building skins, apparent thermo-physical properties
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Author Accepted Manuscript
• Year: 2019
• Number of pages: Str. 1447-1456
• Numbering: Vol. 235
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-105462
• UDC: 502.131.1+692.232(045)
• ISSN on article: 0306-2619
• DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.066
• COBISS.SI-ID: 16368155
• Publication date in RUL: 30.11.2018

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Applied energy
• Shortened title: Appl. energy
• Publisher: Applied Science Publishers
• ISSN: 0306-2619
• COBISS.SI-ID: 5134599

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: hlapilno hlajenje, ozelenjene fasade, prilagodljive termo-fizikalne lastnosti

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P2-0223
• Name: Prenos toplote in snovi