Patrício, Carlos Miguel RosadoSilva, Pedro Dinho daPires, Luís Carlos CarvalhoGaspar, Pedro Dinis2019-11-212019-11-212015978-989-654-261-0http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7598The growing use of telecommunication technologies by society has led the industry to develop infrastructure to support this growth. The telecommunications outdoor cabinets are an important element in the telecommunications network, allowing host and protect the equipment needed to run the network in adverse conditions. The enclosure must have a proper thermal performance to ensure a temperature below 55 ° C, limit for the operation of equipment, and avoid an excessive consumption of electricity. This study aims to characterize the thermal performance of the cabinet using numerical studies with DesignBuilder/EnergyPlus. The development of the numerical model is followed by experimental studies using a real cabinet in operation, to ensure that the model is valid and allows to obtain reliable results. Results allowed to elaborate, quantitatively, a thermal characterization of the cabinet and improve the utilization profile.porNumerical modelingTelecommunications cabinetThermal characterizationjournal article