TY - GEN
T1 - Simplified sensing and in-situ measuring approach for building window properties
AU - Feng, Yanxiao
AU - Wang, Julian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Windows and glazing systems play an important role in making an energy-efficient home. A portable easy-to-use in-situ measuring system of the window properties using low-cost Arduino platforms and compatible sensors is developed, 3D-printed, and fabricated in this project and used to measure the parameters including U-factor, Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC), and Visible Light Transmittance (VT). Comparing resultant output from the Arduino sensing and measurements to professional in-situ instruments, we demonstrate that this simple and compact Arduino-based instrument can obtain major window properties with reasonable accuracy. This simple but scalable sensing and measuring approach and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) fabrication workflow could be performed by creative people and even home owners without needing complex trainings and building physics knowledge.
AB - Windows and glazing systems play an important role in making an energy-efficient home. A portable easy-to-use in-situ measuring system of the window properties using low-cost Arduino platforms and compatible sensors is developed, 3D-printed, and fabricated in this project and used to measure the parameters including U-factor, Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC), and Visible Light Transmittance (VT). Comparing resultant output from the Arduino sensing and measurements to professional in-situ instruments, we demonstrate that this simple and compact Arduino-based instrument can obtain major window properties with reasonable accuracy. This simple but scalable sensing and measuring approach and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) fabrication workflow could be performed by creative people and even home owners without needing complex trainings and building physics knowledge.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85086565967
T3 - PLEA 2018 - Smart and Healthy within the Two-Degree Limit: Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture
SP - 281
EP - 287
BT - PLEA 2018 - Smart and Healthy within the Two-Degree Limit
A2 - Ng, Edward
A2 - Fong, Square
A2 - Ren, Chao
PB - School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
T2 - 34th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture: Smart and Healthy Within the Two-Degree Limit, PLEA 2018
Y2 - 10 December 2018 through 12 December 2018
ER -