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Characteristics of Glazing Layers of Double-Skin Facades and Energy Consumption: A Case Study in Arid Climate of Tehran
These days, architects must design high-rise buildings for different functions since today’s cities lack enough space for construction. Architectural desire for transparency as well as the need for convenient indoor conditions have made fully glazed facades a common feature of contemporary buildings. Due to the greenhouse effect, full-glazed facades increase the energy load of the buildings. Because of their positive effect on energy consumption, using double-skin facades has been preferred in recent years. In this study, conditions of both layers of double skin facades in Tehran has been investigated during a year. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy website was used to provide Tehran’s climatic data. In addition, DesignBuilder software was used for simulation in order to gather information about the solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC), solar transmittance, and U-Value of three kinds of aluminum glass windows. The results indicate that in Tehran, changing the number of glazing layers of the inner skin is more efficient in reducing energy consumption than changing the characteristics of the outer skin in double-skin facades.
Characteristics of Glazing Layers of Double-Skin Facades and Energy Consumption: A Case Study in Arid Climate of Tehran
These days, architects must design high-rise buildings for different functions since today’s cities lack enough space for construction. Architectural desire for transparency as well as the need for convenient indoor conditions have made fully glazed facades a common feature of contemporary buildings. Due to the greenhouse effect, full-glazed facades increase the energy load of the buildings. Because of their positive effect on energy consumption, using double-skin facades has been preferred in recent years. In this study, conditions of both layers of double skin facades in Tehran has been investigated during a year. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy website was used to provide Tehran’s climatic data. In addition, DesignBuilder software was used for simulation in order to gather information about the solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC), solar transmittance, and U-Value of three kinds of aluminum glass windows. The results indicate that in Tehran, changing the number of glazing layers of the inner skin is more efficient in reducing energy consumption than changing the characteristics of the outer skin in double-skin facades.
Characteristics of Glazing Layers of Double-Skin Facades and Energy Consumption: A Case Study in Arid Climate of Tehran
Danesh, Mohammadmehdi (author) / Escamilla, Edelmiro (author) / Pariafsai, Fatemeh (author) / Ostadalimakhmalbaf, Mohammadreza (author)
AEI 2019 ; 2019 ; Tysons, Virginia
AEI 2019 ; 204-215
2019-04-02
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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