Val av solavskärmning : Simuleringar för att identifiera lämplig solavskärmning för kontorshuset Vråken

Sammanfattning: The office building Vråken located in Västerås, Sweden, is soon to be renovated and improved solar shading is considered. In this project, five types of solar shading (zip screens, awnings, window film, built-in venetian blinds and roller blinds) were studied to find out their impact on the building's solar gain, cooling load and thermal comfort. The results were analysed to propose sufficient solar shading. In the early stages of the project a questionnaire was distributed to workers in Vråken with the purpose of finding out their opinions about the thermal comfort in the building. A model of 24 selected rooms in the building was also created in IDA ICE to simulate the five different types of solar shading and compare them to a scenario without any solar shading. The questionnaire was used to calculate PPD, showing that 39,3% of the workers were dissatisfied with the thermal comfort during the summer. The simulations in IDA ICE revealed that, overall, zip screens produced the best results. This was followed by awnings, built-in venetian blinds, window film and roller blinds in that order. Awnings resulted in the smallest solar gain, 62% smaller than without solar shading, while roller blinds resulted in the biggest solar gain, 31% smaller than without solar shading. The cooling load was reduced the most with zip screens (-43%) and the least with roller blinds (-14%) compared to the scenario without solar shading. Operative temperatures were also simulated. Once again zip screens produced the best results and roller blinds the worst. By analysing the results from the questionnaire and the simulations, different solar shading applications were proposed for different parts of the building. For the façade facing south, zip screens combined with a new window film was suggested. For the façade facing north the recommendation was built-in venetian blinds, and facing east and west, zip screens combined with either roller blinds or built-in venetian blinds was suggested.