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Comparison between different measures to reduce cooling requirements of residential building in cooling-dominated environment
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Highlights Improving lighting system reduces the cooling load might by10%. Increasing the set-indoor-temperature reduces the cooling load by 14%. Adding 2cm of polyurethane to the external walls reduces the cooling load by 27%. 46% Reduction in the cooling load of the building could be achieved. The payback period of such measures varies between 0.5 and 2 years.
Abstract In hot climate region like Arabian Peninsula, air conditioning systems are the major energy consumer. Therefore, there are compelling reasons to study the energy requirements in buildings sector to reduce the energy requirements and its environmental impact. Current paper shows the impact of different improvements on reducing cooling load of buildings in hot climate. The examined factors are (1) total heat transfer coefficient of the external shell, (2) indoor temperature, (3) lighting efficacy. For this purpose, a common type of residential house in Qatar was chosen as a case study. The cooling load was estimated using simulation model. The simulations show that there is big potential to reduce the cooling requirements in Qatar up to 46%. A brief economic comparison between the examined factors was done. The economic analysis shows that the payback time of applying the examined factors fall between 0.5 and 2 years.
Comparison between different measures to reduce cooling requirements of residential building in cooling-dominated environment
Graphical abstract
Highlights Improving lighting system reduces the cooling load might by10%. Increasing the set-indoor-temperature reduces the cooling load by 14%. Adding 2cm of polyurethane to the external walls reduces the cooling load by 27%. 46% Reduction in the cooling load of the building could be achieved. The payback period of such measures varies between 0.5 and 2 years.
Abstract In hot climate region like Arabian Peninsula, air conditioning systems are the major energy consumer. Therefore, there are compelling reasons to study the energy requirements in buildings sector to reduce the energy requirements and its environmental impact. Current paper shows the impact of different improvements on reducing cooling load of buildings in hot climate. The examined factors are (1) total heat transfer coefficient of the external shell, (2) indoor temperature, (3) lighting efficacy. For this purpose, a common type of residential house in Qatar was chosen as a case study. The cooling load was estimated using simulation model. The simulations show that there is big potential to reduce the cooling requirements in Qatar up to 46%. A brief economic comparison between the examined factors was done. The economic analysis shows that the payback time of applying the examined factors fall between 0.5 and 2 years.
Comparison between different measures to reduce cooling requirements of residential building in cooling-dominated environment
Kharseh, Mohamad (author) / Al-Khawaja, Mohammed (author) / Hassani, Ferri (author)
Energy and Buildings ; 88 ; 409-412
2014-12-09
4 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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