Möblering i bostäder - En studie av möblernas täckningsgrad
(2014)Programmes in Helesingborg
- Abstract
- Energy use is a topic which is becoming more and more of interest throughout the world. Due to future reduction of the total energy use within the European Union, the permitted energy usage for the building sector is to be reduced. This consequently puts high demands on newly produced buildings, where it is important that both great and small aspects are considered. According to a previous study it was proven that furnishings had a positive effect on a building´s time constant, because they can store heat. The indoor mass, both interior partitions and furniture increases the time constant by up to 40%, of which 15% was attributed to furniture. Since furnishings were proven to have a significant effect it was of interest to investigate it... (More)
- Energy use is a topic which is becoming more and more of interest throughout the world. Due to future reduction of the total energy use within the European Union, the permitted energy usage for the building sector is to be reduced. This consequently puts high demands on newly produced buildings, where it is important that both great and small aspects are considered. According to a previous study it was proven that furnishings had a positive effect on a building´s time constant, because they can store heat. The indoor mass, both interior partitions and furniture increases the time constant by up to 40%, of which 15% was attributed to furniture. Since furnishings were proven to have a significant effect it was of interest to investigate it further, as it could have a considerable effect on energy planning. The chosen approach was to investigate how the placement of furniture affected a building’s heat balance; or more precisely, how furniture covers the floor or walls which results in a coverage rate. To examine how it is in reality the focus of this study has been to investigate how residences are furnished, since there is almost no data regarding this subject. While examining how residences are furnished, three different methods of collecting data were used: examination of furnished blueprints from literature, examination of model rooms from IKEA and taking inventory at home visits. The addition of the results from these three groups resulted in a coverage rate of 28% for floors and 18% for walls, which represents an average value for the coverage rate of furnishing in this study. The span of the coverage rate reaches within 15 – 41 % for floors and 11 – 33 % for walls. The established coverage rate was later used in a few simple practical tests. A room was heated constantly with an effect while it was empty and covered with insulation according to different coverage rates. By measuring the temperature during the heating and cooling it was possible to prove the connection between increased coverage rate and increased indoor temperature. However, it was not possible to draw any conclusion regarding how the heat storage was affected. The relation was rather a result of the isolated transmission losses. One of the conclusions was that the coverage rate for floors decreases with an increase in square meters per person. There is also a connection between increased coverage rate and increased indoor temperature. (Less)
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- author
- Gabriel, Annelie and Arnarsdottir, Dóra
- organization
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- täckningsgrad, möblering, värmelagring, isolering
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4523537
- date added to LUP
- 2014-07-12 03:43:20
- date last changed
- 2018-10-18 10:29:45
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abstract = {{Energy use is a topic which is becoming more and more of interest throughout the world. Due to future reduction of the total energy use within the European Union, the permitted energy usage for the building sector is to be reduced. This consequently puts high demands on newly produced buildings, where it is important that both great and small aspects are considered. According to a previous study it was proven that furnishings had a positive effect on a building´s time constant, because they can store heat. The indoor mass, both interior partitions and furniture increases the time constant by up to 40%, of which 15% was attributed to furniture. Since furnishings were proven to have a significant effect it was of interest to investigate it further, as it could have a considerable effect on energy planning. The chosen approach was to investigate how the placement of furniture affected a building’s heat balance; or more precisely, how furniture covers the floor or walls which results in a coverage rate. To examine how it is in reality the focus of this study has been to investigate how residences are furnished, since there is almost no data regarding this subject. While examining how residences are furnished, three different methods of collecting data were used: examination of furnished blueprints from literature, examination of model rooms from IKEA and taking inventory at home visits. The addition of the results from these three groups resulted in a coverage rate of 28% for floors and 18% for walls, which represents an average value for the coverage rate of furnishing in this study. The span of the coverage rate reaches within 15 – 41 % for floors and 11 – 33 % for walls. The established coverage rate was later used in a few simple practical tests. A room was heated constantly with an effect while it was empty and covered with insulation according to different coverage rates. By measuring the temperature during the heating and cooling it was possible to prove the connection between increased coverage rate and increased indoor temperature. However, it was not possible to draw any conclusion regarding how the heat storage was affected. The relation was rather a result of the isolated transmission losses. One of the conclusions was that the coverage rate for floors decreases with an increase in square meters per person. There is also a connection between increased coverage rate and increased indoor temperature.}},
author = {{Gabriel, Annelie and Arnarsdottir, Dóra}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Möblering i bostäder - En studie av möblernas täckningsgrad}},
year = {{2014}},
}