Ventilation, Dehumidification and Cooling for high end spec housing in hot and humid climate ASHRAE
Ventilation, Dehumidification and Cooling for high end spec housing in hot and humid climate ASHRAE
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Hi All,
I am a UK designer, and I am currently working on a high end spec luxury residence just East of Jacksonville Florida. The area is classified as ASHRAE climate zone 1 (Tropical Monsoon). I was wondering whether any professionals with experience working in this particular area could advise me of;
1) typical vent, dehum & cooling strategies that would be employed?
2) I would also really appreciate if anyone could link/send me any case studies they have of high spec resi properties in humid climates
3) Can anyone advise of any energy standards relating to local building standards or guidelines that need to followed?
Many thanks in advance!
I am a UK designer, and I am currently working on a high end spec luxury residence just East of Jacksonville Florida. The area is classified as ASHRAE climate zone 1 (Tropical Monsoon). I was wondering whether any professionals with experience working in this particular area could advise me of;
1) typical vent, dehum & cooling strategies that would be employed?
2) I would also really appreciate if anyone could link/send me any case studies they have of high spec resi properties in humid climates
3) Can anyone advise of any energy standards relating to local building standards or guidelines that need to followed?
Many thanks in advance!





RE: Ventilation, Dehumidification and Cooling for high end spec housing in hot and humid climate ASHRAE
other than that, you can find enough useful advices in basic ashrae manuals like fundamentals, and, particularly, systems and applications.
if you cannot visit florida, you can try to sneak at completed systems on internet. some designers could be willing to tell you about their finished systems, if you can refer to specific ones. reaching owner's feedback is very valuable as well.
RE: Ventilation, Dehumidification and Cooling for high end spec housing in hot and humid climate ASHRAE
I have done a lot of arbitration with professionals from a completely different climate designing badly in another climate.
Hire a local Engineer who is familiar with Florida.
RE: Ventilation, Dehumidification and Cooling for high end spec housing in hot and humid climate ASHRAE
RE: Ventilation, Dehumidification and Cooling for high end spec housing in hot and humid climate ASHRAE
RE: Ventilation, Dehumidification and Cooling for high end spec housing in hot and humid climate ASHRAE
- How did you get this job?
RE: Ventilation, Dehumidification and Cooling for high end spec housing in hot and humid climate ASHRAE
RE: Ventilation, Dehumidification and Cooling for high end spec housing in hot and humid climate ASHRAE
There's a lot of info on this site, including a book on design in hot, humid climates.
Link
Regards,
DB
RE: Ventilation, Dehumidification and Cooling for high end spec housing in hot and humid climate ASHRAE
Thanks again for all the responses
@ Chicopee - thank you, we are looking through the codes and now have a local contact who is helping us with requirements. And yes, we will be incorporating greenery for extra shading.
@ 317069 - no it is not homework - I work for a firm of British designers and this is one of our current projects
@ Sak9 - It is a single residence. completely agree and yes we do have a local contact now for peer review of our proposed design.
@DBronson - thank you so so much - this is incredibly helpful especially with all the case studies for the climate zone. And the book will be a useful addition to the office library. Thank you.