Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Department of

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

9-29-2016

Citation

Published in Journal of Architectural Engineering (2016), doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000226

Comments

Copyright © 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers. Used by permission.

Abstract

Abstract Air leakage through recessed lighting fixtures has been identified as a common issue that causes extra energy consumption in residential buildings. However, few quantitative studies in this area were found. As such, a preliminary assessment of the magnitude of this type of energy loss was conducted by using three-dimensional (3D) transient computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models. A hypothetical layout of recessed lighting fixtures was designed with boundary conditions of four different seasons, which were obtained from recorded roof/attic temperature data sets. The results of the study indicate that leakage of recessed lighting fixtures could be a significant channel of energy loss in such attic-related residential buildings, especially in the summer and winter.

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