IMPROVING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF BUILDINGS BY PROVIDING BETTER PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES BASED ON THE UNIVERSITY'S KNOWLEDGE HUB

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Modern university buildings use a large number of resources, such as heat, cold and hot water, as well as electricity, which is the main consumed energy resource and is used for lighting, office equipment, ventilation and air conditioning systems. In order to improve the energy efficiency of university buildings, it is necessary to carry out heat and energy modernization of internal and external envelopes, which will allow for internal billing and qualitative analysis of consumption, which contribute to prompt decision-making on heat and energy modernization of the premises.

METHODS. To assess the potential for improving the energy efficiency of buildings by improving the quality of protective structures, methods for assessing the temperature and humidity conditions of multilayered enclosing structures in a wide range of humidity under stationary boundary conditions were developed on the basis of the University Hub of Knowledge.

FINDINGS. On the basis of the University Hub of Knowledge, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, the moisture content profile was calculated for the general estimation of the moisture condition for building No. 4, the planes of the highest moisture content were determined to find the most dangerous, from the moisture condition point of view, section of the structure, the calculation of the enclosing structure modernization according to the maximum allowable moisture condition for the analysis of moisture accumulation in the coldest month of the year was made.

CONCLUSION. The advantage of the proposed method of increasing the energy efficiency of buildings by improving the quality of protective structures based on the University Hub of Knowledge is the possibility of calculation in a wide range of moisture content of materials, including supersorption moisture zone, as well as applicability to structures with multizone condensation of moisture. The clarity and simplicity of the proposed method makes it available for the practical implementation of energy efficiency improvements in all university buildings.