Event Title
St. Mary and St. Anne Cathedral, Cork: An Optimum Heating Solution for Heritage Buildings?
Location
Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
Event Website
https://event.ceri2020.exordo.com/
Start Date
28-8-2020 3:00 PM
End Date
28-8-2020 4:15 PM
Description
Cathedrals and most churches are characterised by having large internal, undivided spaces and permeable building envelopes. They are often used little, intermittently, but predictably and, in spite of the fact that they are unique in still being largely used for the purpose for which they were built many centuries ago, they are now often used for additional purposes, for which they were never designed. These uses include concerts, graduation ceremonies, filming and a host of other uses all of which require a level of thermal comfort not envisaged by the original builders. Research was undertaken by the authors into the internal thermo-hygrometric environment in the 57 active cathedrals in Ireland. 25 of these cathedrals were monitored for both temperature and relative humidity for at least one month during the heating season where over 2.5 million readings were recorded and analysed.
Recommended Citation
Shiell, Christopher and West, Roger P., "St. Mary and St. Anne Cathedral, Cork: An Optimum Heating Solution for Heritage Buildings?" (2020). Civil Engineering Research in Ireland 2020. 1.
https://sword.cit.ie/ceri/2020/14/1
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St. Mary and St. Anne Cathedral, Cork: An Optimum Heating Solution for Heritage Buildings?
Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
Cathedrals and most churches are characterised by having large internal, undivided spaces and permeable building envelopes. They are often used little, intermittently, but predictably and, in spite of the fact that they are unique in still being largely used for the purpose for which they were built many centuries ago, they are now often used for additional purposes, for which they were never designed. These uses include concerts, graduation ceremonies, filming and a host of other uses all of which require a level of thermal comfort not envisaged by the original builders. Research was undertaken by the authors into the internal thermo-hygrometric environment in the 57 active cathedrals in Ireland. 25 of these cathedrals were monitored for both temperature and relative humidity for at least one month during the heating season where over 2.5 million readings were recorded and analysed.
https://sword.cit.ie/ceri/2020/14/1
