Adaptative Cover to Achieve Thermal Comfort in Open Spaces of Buildings: Experimental Assessment and Modelling

The global need for healthy and safe open spaces faces continuous temperature rise due to the heat island phenomenon climate change. This problem requires new strategies improving habitability of (indoor outdoor conditions in buildings). These techniques include reducing solar radiation, surrounding surfaces, air temperature. radiant solutions are essential comfort, both summer winter. They easy integrate into spaces. study explores a concept adapted solution was evaluated test cell obtain its thermal behaviour different operation conditions. Solutions were optimised operating cooling regimen since it has been identified that demands comfort hot climates during most severe months more pronounced. Experimental results have allowed getting an inverse model analyse solution. achieved high precision estimations. Also, facilitated knowing convective effects. Only flux is relevant with low level confinement. Finally, discussion describes application proposed model. allows replicability solution—creating designs (integration) or evaluating system. demonstrates knowledge acquired characterisation studied.