These strategies include layout orientation, distance between buildings, building orientation & form, climatic elements such as Wind catcher, central courtyard etc. The paper aims to introduce the strategies, Therefore, builders tried to use natural climatic strategies for coping with harsh conditions.
This result suggests that end-user behavior is the next major hurdle in lowering the energy consumption of greener buildings Heating and cooling usually use largest portion of energy consumption of buildings.
A sample of high performance buildings constructed in a variety of global locations is analyzed here, and provides evidence that measures to reduce energy consumption have reduced EUI to the point where its correlation with heating degree days is no longer apparent. Finally it focuses on lessons that we can learn from our past experiences to improve our energy consumption patterns in contemporary architecture.Ĭlimate had a major effect on the performance of the traditional building architecture and its energy consumption Green buildings have sought to greatly reduce energy consumption. Advances in energy efficient roofs including the contemporary green roofs etc. Performance of different fenestration technologies, vacuum glazing and frames are presented. According to results, the use of Trombe walls and double self-cleaning glazing in the fac¸ade showed an important reduction in the energy consumption as well as better daylighting performance.Ĭlimate had a major effect on the performance of the traditional building architecture and its energy consumption Green buildings have sought to greatly reduce energy consumption. The main characteristics considered in this research were the use of two double glazings, four different Portuguese climates and one or two Trombe walls in the facade.
Occupancy profile and internal gains were fixed according to the Portuguese reality for both studies.
Computational simulations for the thermal performance of different arrangements of the modules were accomplished with the DesignBuilder software, while the glazing daylighting performance was studied by means of Ecotect and Desktop Radiance software, and compared with the transmittance curves of glazings. For this purpose, this study focused on the thermal performance of Trombe walls and glazings and the glazing daylighting performance of a modular fac¸ade system in four different Portuguese cities. Here, the versatility and flexibility of the modules are key attributes. The need to reduce energy consumption in buildings leads to the development of new facade systems that can be energy efficient thus, contributing significantly to heat transfer between outdoor and indoor spaces.
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