Energy matrices of the building by incorporating daylight concept for composite climate—An experimental study

Abstract

In this paper, an attempt has been made to implement the concept of daylighting to conserve conventional fuel in a building known as SODHA BERS COMPLEX (SBC) at Varanasi, UP, India. The performance has been analyzed in the context of energy conservation. The building SBC is designed to provide sufficient daylighting, ventilation, as well as thermal comfort to occupants with optimum use of available space for a residential area. The two uppermost rooms of the building have been studied under clear sky conditions. It has been observed that (i) over the lifetime of the building an average energy saving from daylighting is found to be 7933 kW h, which corresponds to 16.18 tons of CO 2 mitigation, and (ii) an energy payback time, energy production factor , and life cycle conversion efficiency of SBC are observed to be 5.5 yr, 9.09, and 0.17, respectively. V C 2014 AIP Publishing LLC. [http://dx.

A daylight factor model under clear sky conditions for building: An experimental validation

“…In the building, daylighting can be supplied by a proper opening such as windows which gives attractive indoor environment (Sherif et al, 2012;Zheng et al, 2013;Ghisi and Tinker, 2005). Field measurements on buildings show that the consumption of energy in US buildings is 20-40% and for Indian buildings more than 20% of the total electrical consumption and the use of grid based electricity is directly related to pollution and global warming due to fossil fuels as the input (Li, 2010;Balcomb, 1994;Sudan and Tiwari, 2014 of the proper daylighting technologies in the buildings results in less energy use and good visual performance (Wright and Letherman, 1998;CIBSE, 1999;Calcagni and Paroncini, 2004;Nabil and Mardaljevic, 2006). The losses in the US condition are less compared to the losses for Indian condition due to the advanced technologies used in US.…”