Performance metrics for room air-conditioners: energy, comfort and environmental impacts
| dc.centre | Faculty of Design | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rajan Rawal | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-20T11:52:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-20T11:52:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | Jul.2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | RACs are increasingly being adopted as a standard method of active cooling with the modernisation of small and medium-sized commercial and residential spaces in India. However, current standards and labels only provide a partial evaluation of RAC performance. This study targets three aspects of RAC performance in energy, comfort and environmental impacts. It demonstrates that existing RAC performance standards in India can be improved to account for climatic variability and environmental impact in addition to the existing understanding of energy efficiency. The outcomes of this study can serve as inputs to standards and labelling programmers by improving the component-level energy efficiency of RACs, educating the end-users on optimising their thermal setpoints for improved performance, and supporting the development of RACs with low/zero global warming potential refrigerants. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.5334/bc.127 | |
| dc.identifier.other | FP-096-JP | |
| dc.identifier.sourcelink | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353357797_Performance_metrics_for_room_air-conditioners_energy_comfort_and_environmental_impacts | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12725/27196 | |
| dc.issue.no | No.1 | |
| dc.journal.name | Buildings and Cities | |
| dc.keywords | air-conditioning; energy ef?ciency; environmental impact assessment; global warming potential; indirect emissions; room air-conditioners; thermal comfort; India | |
| dc.pages | 666-687p. | |
| dc.publisher | Ubiquity Press. | |
| dc.title | Performance metrics for room air-conditioners: energy, comfort and environmental impacts | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.vol.no | Vol. 2 |