TO UNDERSTAND COOLING LOAD OF MULTIMEDIA

LECTURE THEATRE
A case of University of Allahabad

Area of Research
Energy Efficiency in Institutional Buildings
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What is MULTI MEDIA LECTURE
THEATRES…??????
A Multi Media lecture hall (or lecture theatre) is a large room used for instruction ,sharing and
learning, typically at a college or university , enabled with audio video and other equipment required,
not only for the immediate physical teaching environment but for the virtual environment it connects to
store and share with.

SPATIAL REQUIREMENTS

PURPOSE OF ORIGIN
WHAT IT IS NOT……
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SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS of MULTI MEDIA LECTURE THEATRE

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What is COOLING LOADS

EXTERNAL
COOLING
LOAD

TOTAL COOLING LOAD

The cooling load is an hourly rate at
which heat must be removed from a
building in order to hold the indoor
air temperature at the design value.
In other words, cooling load is the
capacity of equipment required to
account for such a load.

INTERNAL
COOLING
LOAD

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Experiment Setup _ Layout and Position Variation

Model 1- Lecture Theatre is exposed Model 2- Lecture Theatre is exposed

30% to external environment 50% to external environment

Model 3- Lecture Theatre is exposed

70% to external environment
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Experiment Setup _ Material Assembly Variation

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Simulation Models _ Combinations and Iterations

Audi 1 Audi 2 Audi 1 Audi 2

Audi 1 Audi 2

x x
Type A Type B Type C Type D Type E
x Type A Type B Type C Type D Type E

x Type A Type B Type C Type D Type E

x
x
0° 270°
0° 270° 0° 270°

90° 180° 90° 180° 90° 180°

Total Combination of Simulation models of Lecture Theatre for both Audi 1 & 2 are 120
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Appendix _ Graphs of Cooling Load Results

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OBSERVATIONS - Internal Vs External Load
Graph comparing Internal & External Cooling Load of Audi 1
The Cooling load comparison on June 45.6%
10% 21% 16% 22%
10 clearly represents that the internal 54.4%

loads are constant throughout the

24% 24%
model iterations, only external load 6% 15% 20%

varies with change of external exposure

and material bundles. Hence, internal 18% 24% 26%
6% 21%

loads are keeping constant and

significant share in total cooling load.
A B C D E
External Load is effectively responsible Graph comparing Internal & External Cooling Load of Audi 2

for the variation of total cooling load 45.6%

11% 21% 16% 22%
54.4%
across the time, which varies from 28%
to 46% of the total cooling load at any
15% 23% 19% 24%
3%
given point of time of the day. This
Variation depends on different material
bundles, as the heat ingress is control or 5%
18% 24% 19% 25%

reduce by change of material or by

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OBSERVATIONS - Material Bundle Comparison
Material Bundle comparison shows
that Bundle Type C and Type E at
the peak load day of the year have
minimum heat gain from envelope,
in comparison to Type A, B and D for
all model variations. Type C in
comparison to Type E has 0.5 to 1%
reduction in total cooling load,
Though annual total cooling load
comparison suggest that Material
Bundle Type B has minimum
cooling load across the year. The Annual Total Cooling Load comparison Graph
possible reason for the difference is
the absence of insulation on walls,
0° 90° 180° 270° Average
help dissipating the heat load back
to the environment when the
substantial load generated is
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OBSERVATIONS – Impact of Orientation

Analysis of the results of all combinations of

Model Type and Material Bundles for all four
coordinal directions represents that the
orientation has less significance in terms of total
cooling load(refer graph 7,8). For Any direction
the internal load is significant and constant, even
external loads are not varying with the change of
direction. There is no considerable impact of
orientations as the building has closed
environment and has less variations on the
building skin.

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OBSERVATIONS - Wall Type Comparison and Impact of Insulation
Single 230mm thick walls with insulation Graph 7
comparing
in comparison to single 230mm wall Cooling
Load from
without insulation help reducing 40-46% walls of
Audi 1
cooling load at the maximum load of the
day for all orientations. The range slightly
varies for different model exposure, for
30% the reduction is 41-46% for four
orientations, for 50% the range is 42-45%
only and for maximum exposure of 70%
the effect of insulation is 40-44%
Graph 8
reduction in cooling load. Similarly, Cavity comparing
Cooling
walls with insulation in comparison with load from
walls of
cavity walls without insulation have an Audi 2

impact reduction of 38-41% for all four

orientations. The reduction for 30% wall
exposure is 40-41%, for 50% reduction is
39-40%, and for 70% exposure the
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CONCLUSION
The simulation test results help us to figure out certain findings that are applicable to similar buildings
placed in the similar context. First, Internal loads have constant and significant share in total cooling
load. External Load is effectively responsible for the variation of total cooling load across the time,
which varies from 28% to 46% of the total cooling load. Impact of orientation on building total cooling
load is very minimum, an architect or designer can invest time and resources on other things like
materials to create a difference. Annual Cooling load comparison explain that Model 2 have 50%
external exposure have the lowest values for Lecture Theatre 1 for all the orientations and is
comparable with Model 1 for Audi 2. Hence, the position of Lecture Theatre can determine the exposure
and model type. Wall provided with insulation are performing best for the summer load and have
effective reduction in the total cooling load. Observations made through study can summarize that the
building envelope has an effective role in controlling the cooling load for multimedia type buildings, but
substantial share is from internal load of the building.

Submitted by :
KANIKA VERMA
M.Arch (Sustainable Architecture), CEPT University
B.Arch University School of Architecture and Planning (TVBSHS)