ABSTRACT

This work presents an experimental and numerical study of the thermal behavior of the High-Energy Performance Housing (HEPH) made within the framework of the national energy management program (PNME) of the 600 dwellings of the collective rental type (LPL) compared to a control housing. To study the influence of the energy efficiency measures, which have been introduced on the HEPH project, a measuring equipment has been installed to quantify the energy saving in gas and electricity as well as to measure the thermal comfort parameters, which are mainly defined by temperature and humidity. Dynamic thermal simulation work was carried out with the thermal simulation software TRNSYS 17, to study the effect of thermal insulation on the improvement of the energy performance of the two dwellings. The results showed that the insulation had effectively contributed to improving the thermal comfort in the summer period. It has also been shown that HEPH saves 42% on cooling energy compared to a control housing.