Çetin H. M., Özer Karadağ G., Özgünler M.
ICONARP INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING, cilt.14, sa.1, ss.1-29, 2026 (Hakemli Dergi)
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Yayın Türü:
Makale / Tam Makale
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Cilt numarası:
14
Sayı:
1
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Basım Tarihi:
2026
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Doi Numarası:
10.15320/iconarp.2026.351
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Dergi Adı:
ICONARP INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
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Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler:
Avery, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), ICONDA Bibliographic, Directory of Open Access Journals, The International Construction Database (ICONDA)
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Sayfa Sayıları:
ss.1-29
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Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli:
Evet
Özet
It is difficult to control the recommended ventilation rates for infection control
during the COVID-19 preriod by natural ventilation. While insufficient ventilation
increases the risk of infection, excessive ventilation can cause problems in energy
efficiency in buildings depending on climatic conditions. Therefore, in order to
provide an easier infection control in naturally ventilated classrooms, the
recommended ventilation scenarios after COVID-19 should be examined in terms
of energy efficiency and the most suitable periods for natural ventilation should
be determined. In this study, the effects of ventilation scenarios developed based
on ventilation recommended by international organizations and ventilation
scenarios developed based on infection risk during the COVID-19 period on
heating-cooling energy demands were analyzed and the most suitable periods for
natural ventilation were determined according to climates.Thus, for naturally
ventilated classrooms located in different climate zones, the appropriate period
in terms of thermal comfort and heating-cooling energy demand for the academic
year's work schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic period can be
determined.Ventilation rates based on infection risk were determined by two
different mathematical models based on the modified Wells-Riley equation that
was improved according to SARS-COV-2. The heating-cooling energy demands of
the classrooms were calculated according to the heat balance method with the
building energy simulation. The proposed method was applied to a naturally
ventilated higher education building as a case study. The results show that the
differences in the recommended ventilation scenarios after COVID-19 also cause
differences in heating and cooling loads. It has been observed that the natural
ventilation required after COVID-19 reduces the total energy demand for
building heating and cooling between 25.54% and %27.48 in hot and temperate
climates and can increase it by 69.59% in cold climates compared to before
COVID-19. Other results have shown the importance of determining the
Academic Work Year Schedule in terms of energy efficiency in airborne
outbreaks such as SARS-COV-2 in line with the periods most suitable for natural
ventilation depending on climatic conditions.