A review of passive envelope measures for improved building energy efficiency in the UAE

Friess, Wilhelm A.; Rakhshan, Kambiz

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.01.026

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“…The results showed that the ventilation rate per person (3.7 l/s) failed to meet the American society of heating, refrigerating and air-conditioning engineers (ASHRAE) threshold standard (8 l/s). It was reported that factors such as proper building orientations and efficient natural ventilations in UAE, which were depended on the building type, could reduce energy consumption by 30-79%, while improving indoor environmental quality (Friess and Rakhshan, 2017). Fadeyi et al (2014) reported a strong correlation (r = 0.88) of CO 2 concentration levels and ventilation systems in school buildings in Dubai.…”

Section: Ventilations and Building Designsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Indoor air pollution and exposure assessment of the gulf cooperation council countries: A critical review

Amoatey

Omidvarborna

Baawain

et al. 2018

Environment International

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Section: Ventilations and Building Designsmentioning

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Indoor air pollution and exposure assessment of the gulf cooperation council countries: A critical review

Amoatey

Omidvarborna

Baawain

et al. 2018

Environment International

104

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“…Various recent investment programs for improving energy efficiency in new and existing buildings have been studied in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Oman, and found to be environmentally and economically beneficial (Krarti, ; Krarti & Dubey, ; Krarti, Dubey, & Howarth, ). Similarly, the UAE has introduced a range of programs and energy efficiency regulations such as insulation directives, rating systems, certification requirements, and green building councils (Friess & Rakhshan, ), while Qatar has adopted similar initiatives. Overall, Asif () concludes that GCC countries have recently made notable progress with regard to sustainability and energy efficiency in buildings through certifications and investments, with UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia leading the way.…”

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Ecological modernization and responses for a low‐carbon future in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

Al‐Saidi

Elagib

2018

WIREs Climate Change

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Low-carbon development is a challenging endeavor for many fossil fuels exporting nations around the world, and is especially important in light of the recent Paris Agreement on climate change. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have been adopting innovations and policies in order to diversify their economies and decrease environmental degradation. After decades of high demographic and economic growth, balancing ecological concerns and the need for more dynamic growth have now become cornerstones of those countries' national, urban, and infrastructure planning strategies. This review article introduces the ecological modernization in the GCC region through innovations and reforms. Such a pathway might be a viable model for other oil-and gas-rich economies. The review outlines the current model in the GCC region for achieving a low-carbon future through interventions in the built environment, deployment of renewables, technological investments, and gradual integration in knowledge-intensive global industries. On the other hand, the review points to mixed results with regards to megaprojects and the still existing barriers to adoption of renewables. The obstacles in addressing large environmental footprints and fossil fuel dependency are evaluated. Overall, modernization policies in the Gulf region are still emerging, are rather supply-side focused, and are implicitly driven by the idea of technological primacy. At the same time, in an effort to develop local capacities, policymakers seek to promote comparatively high-potential sectors and maintain the region's global image as a crossroads of trade and modernity.

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“…TOU tariff is a price-based DR. Residential load often has a significant seasonal and daily peak demand [59,60]. The implementation of peak-valley TOU tariff encourages consumers to shift their power load [61], and it is great for peak load shifting and improvement of the load rate during the peak and valley periods.…”

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A review on the influence of intelligent power consumption technologies on the utilization rate of distribution network equipment

He¹,

Chen²,

Yang

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Prot Control Mod Power Syst

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The economy of distribution networks largely depends on the utilization rate of distribution network equipment. Most of the emerging intelligent power consumption technologies have a positive effect on equipment utilization and their use can save investment of distribution networks. In this paper, the influence of intelligent power consumption technologies on the utilization rate of distribution network equipment is reviewed. The evaluation methods and indexes are assessed first and then intelligent power consumption equipment with energy storage function, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology and time-of-use (TOU) tariff are reviewed respectively. It is concluded that these intelligent power consumption technologies and measures have great potential to improve utilization rate of distribution network equipment because of their effective improvement to power load. Meanwhile, recommendations on how to utilize these intelligent power consumption technologies to improve utilization rate of distribution network equipment are proposed.

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A review of passive envelope measures for improved building energy efficiency in the UAE

Cited by 139 publications

References 42 publications

Indoor air pollution and exposure assessment of the gulf cooperation council countries: A critical review

Indoor air pollution and exposure assessment of the gulf cooperation council countries: A critical review

Ecological modernization and responses for a low‐carbon future in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

A review on the influence of intelligent power consumption technologies on the utilization rate of distribution network equipment

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