In recent years, the energy performance of public buildings has attracted substantial attention due to the significant energy-saving potential. As a semi-open high-space building, the high-speed railway station is obviously different from other public buildings and even traditional stations in terms of energy consumption and internal environment. This paper investigates the current energy consumption situation and environmental quality of 15 high-speed railway passenger stations in China. Results show that the energy consumption of the high-speed railway station is between 117–470 kWh/(m²·a). The energy consumption of the station is related to the area and the passenger flow. The energy use of the station using district heating is higher than that of the station without district heating in the same region. The higher glazing ratio induces good natural lighting in the station, but the uniformity of the lighting in the station is not good. The acceptable temperature range of passengers in winter is larger than that in summer. The average air change rate of the high-speed railway station is 3.2 h⁻¹ in winter and 1.8 h⁻¹ in summer, which is the main reason of high energy consumption of the HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) system in this kind of building.

In some buildings with radiant floor systems for heating, solar radiation can irradiate the local floor surface, causing overheating and affecting the heating performance of the radiant floor. In this paper, an experiment was carried out to study the thermal performance of radiant floor partially irradiated by solar radiation. Results show that the solar radiation can promote the heat transfer from the irradiated floor to the room and reduce the heat transfer from the hot water to the floor. Compared with the cases without the solar radiation, the heat transfer from the hot water to the floor was reduced from 131.8 W/m² to 79.7 W/m² and the heating capacity of radiant floor surface was increased from 128.0 W/m² to 402.8 W/m² with the solar radiation on one third of the floor surface and the absorbed intensity of 456.2 W/m². With the same irradiation area, if the solar radiation irradiated at the centre of the floor, the reduction effect on the heat transfer from the hot water was more obvious. Based on this experiment, these results can be used to evaluate the thermal performance of irradiated radiant floor, and are beneficial to the design of heating systems.