Dependence of the temperature of the beginning of the heating season on the energy efficiency class of the building

Abstract

Abstract The heat supply of most Russian cities is provided by centralized sources of thermal energy. During the operation of buildings, the transition period of the year is not given due attention. The transition periods of the year (before and after the heating season) complicate the task of providing thermal comfort in the rooms of residential and community buildings. The paper deals with the problem of microclimate troubles in multistorey residential buildings during transition periods. The purpose of this work is to test the hypothesis that there is a dependency of the temperature of the beginning of the heating season, depending on its energy efficiency class. For the thermal conditions of the rooms, the classical dependences of the thermal balance, technical thermodynamics and the theory of heat and mass transfer are used. On the example of a nine-storey apartment block, a calculation was carried out, as a result of which the rational temperature of the beginning of the heating season for various energy efficiency classes was determined, as well as the internal air temperature at the outdoor air temperature equal to 8°C (the existing value of the temperature of the beginning and end of the heating season). The results obtained confirm the hypothesis of the study that there is a dependency of the rational temperature of the beginning of the heating season for a particular building, depending on its energy efficiency class. At the temperature of the beginning of the heating season, the internal air temperature of 20°C will be achievable with a deviation of -41.182%, which corresponds to energy efficiency class A (excluding heat gain from solar radiation). It is established that at the current temperature of the beginning of the heating season, the internal air temperature of 20°C will be achievable with a deviation of -41.182%, which corresponds to energy efficiency class A, for buildings of a lower class, the temperature of the beginning of the heating season is not optimal.