Indoor Microclimate Measurements, Heatwave Meteorological Data, and Thermal Modelling of a Dairy Cattle Building

This dataset supports an assessment of indoor heat stress—measured using the Temperature-Humidity Index (THI)—in the cubicle yards and milking parlour at the University of Reading’s Hall Farm dairy facility (51.41° N, 0.91° W) in Shinfield, UK. The Excel file (‘Indoor microclimate measurements and simulation dataset.xlsx’) contains both measured and simulated hourly air temperature (°C) and relative humidity (%) data for the 2021 UK heatwave (16–23 July).Simulated indoor conditions were generated using <b>EnergyPlus</b> (version 22.1) and validated against the measured data to verify the accuracy of the thermal model developed for the dairy building.The dataset includes the following <b>EnergyPlus model files</b>, representing both a base case and several adaptation scenarios:<b>File name</b><b>Description</b>1) M_Base_0VD.idf2) B_S1.idf3) B_S2.idf4) B_S3.idf5) B_S3_S2.idf6) B_S4.idfBasic model for validationScenario 1: Solar refelcting paint over the roofsScenario 2: Increased natural ventilationScenario 3: Mechanical ventilationScenario 3+2: Hybrid ventilation (mechanical + increased natural ventilation)Scenario 4: All of the cooling strategies<br><b>Weather files used in the simulations</b>, including both observed and projected heatwave conditions, are as follows:<b>File name</b><b>Description</b>1) GBR_Reading_Z.epw2) EEW_4800170_1970s_R20.epw3) EEW_4800170_2080s_R20.epwIncludes the observed UK 2021 heatwave periodIncludes the 1970s heatwave periodIncludes the 2080s heatwave period<br>