jismart2024004: Low-Energy kindergarten spatial models based on children's activities

Abstract

Kindergartens, as an important part of public buildings, have a great potential for energy saving. The reform of the education system has led to a diversification of children's behavior, which requires diverse spatial configurations on the one hand, and the satisfaction of specific thermal comfort zones on the other. This study explores the relationship between children's behavioral patterns, thermal comfort, spatial patterns and building energy efficiency. Based on the thermal comfort requirements corresponding to children's behavioral patterns, the study proposes a low-energy-consumption kindergarten teaching building spatial pattern through software simulation in the dimensions of spatial division, spatial scale, and spatial organization pattern, taking the simulation data of one day of winter solstice in Northwest China (Xi'an, China, in the hot summer/cold winter region) as an example, and provides a reference to energy-saving renovation of educational facilities. The optimized spatial pattern is about 15.6% more energy efficient than the pre-optimized one. The study involves the low-energy transformation of tens of thousands of existing kindergartens and is of great theoretical and practical significance.