Microclimate analysis in Gheorghe Asachi auditorium: Showcase for the indoor climate performance

Abstract

The subject of this paper is to the study the microclimate inside a heritage building. The Gheorghe Asachi Auditorium is one of most important building in the university and in the history of Jassy. Build in 1897, it was inaugurated by King Carol I. The auditorium serves as meeting place and manifestations for different occasions. Auditorium is built in baroque style with multiple paintings, artworks and wooden elements sensitive to moisture and temperature variations. CFD analysis is the proper tool for understanding the phenomena's regarding the movement of large volume of warm and moisture air. The analysis allowed us to make some recommendations to the conservation of such historical place but with regard to main human comfort.