A Case Study on Passive vs. Active Strategies for an Energy-Efficient School Building Design

Kang, Ji-Eun; Ahn, Ki-Uhn; Park, Cheol-Soo; Schuetze, Thorsten

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“…The study concludes that there are more benefits of using passive design strategies than active design strategies and that there is less energy demand by passive design strategies. [8] Kang Ji-Eun Kang, Ki-Uhn Ahn, Cheol-Soo Park, and Thorsten Schuetze, in their research paper titled "Assessment of Passive vs. Active Strategies for a School Building Design," discussed the impact of passive vs. active approaches on energy savings in buildings using Energy Plus simulation.…”

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A Study of Passive and Active Strategies through Case Studies for the Composite Climate Zone of India

Gangwar¹,

Kaur²,

Singh³

2020

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There are only 4500 buildings and about 4.17 billion square feet of the area under green buildings till 2016. It is only around 5% of India's total construction, and there is considerable potential for sustainable design in the Indian market. Sustainable building design requires passive and active techniques. It is vital to design a sustainable building that uses passive strategies to its fullest because they are cheaper and more efficient than active strategies. The designer emphasizes active features and neglects passive features to obtain sustainable building ratings in the current context. The whole purpose of sustainable design has been defeated. To achieve a sustainable design in a real sense, passive strategies should be formed in response to the local climate and given primary importance. Active strategies are only bound to complement passive strategies. This study focuses on understanding the passive design strategies for India's composite climate in response to the local climate through case studies of buildings. This paper deals with passive design strategies such as orientation, fenestration, shading devices, earth touch, roof garden, water, landscaping, and active strategies, often include solar panels, solar water heaters and wind towers. The two studies, i.e., the American Institute of Indian Studies and the Solar Energy Center, use the sunken courtyard, orientation, shading devices, water bodies, a verandah inspired by traditional passive features, and another study, the PEDA Complex, use the southern dome structure, shading devices, water bodies as modern passive features. All studies use active strategies to complement passive strategies. The study concludes that all three case studies use passive strategies as primary ones, either influenced by traditional architecture or modern perception and that active strategies complement passive strategies.

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A Study of Passive and Active Strategies through Case Studies for the Composite Climate Zone of India

Gangwar¹,

Kaur²,

Singh³

2020

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Strategies of Passive Design Buildings in Cold and Arid Climates: A Review

Bhargavi,

Ganesh,

Manoj Kumar

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Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

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Profitability comparison of active and passive energy efficiency improvements in public buildings

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Buildings and construction are responsible for about 40% of the energy and process-related CO2 emissions worldwide. At present, the renewal rate of building stock is relatively low, for example in Finland, which is the case under study in this work, it is 1.5% per year. With respect to the target of a carbon neutral world by 2050, the effect on emissions of existing building stock must be considered. In this paper, we present the results of analysis of energy efficiency improvement investment in 12 city-owned buildings in two Finnish cities. Using measured heat and electrical energy consumption data, a model was developed for analyzing the impact of active and passive energy efficiency improvement investment options per building. The examined active technologies were heat pumps, solar photovoltaic panels, and heat recovery in ventilation system, and the passive improvement compared was structural improvements in the building envelope. The results show that investments in energy efficiency improvements can reduce the yearly energy-related operating costs of the buildings by 35% on average. The study further finds that usually investment in active energy efficiency improvements provides a bigger return on investment than passive improvements. The profitability of examined measures makes Public–Private Partnership a feasible way to provide funding for renovation of public buildings.Graphical abstract

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A Case Study on Passive vs. Active Strategies for an Energy-Efficient School Building Design

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

A Study of Passive and Active Strategies through Case Studies for the Composite Climate Zone of India

A Study of Passive and Active Strategies through Case Studies for the Composite Climate Zone of India

Strategies of Passive Design Buildings in Cold and Arid Climates: A Review

Profitability comparison of active and passive energy efficiency improvements in public buildings

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