Feasibilty of a Termally Activated Building System in Residential Biuildings
Abstract
A thermally activated building system is a radiant system that uses a concrete structure as a storage system. Unlike a regular storage system, a thermally activated building system uses the concrete structure as a storage system and it does not require any space. Utilization of the thermally activated building system increased in office buildings because it uses a mechanism of a radiant heat transfer that saves a building energy and provides better thermal comfort compared to an air system. Because the structures have a high heat capacity, the thermally activated building system was used to remove a large amount of constant internal loads and reduce the peak load with time-lag effect in office buildings.