Interaction of glazing parameters, climatic condition and interior shadings: performing energy and cost analysis in a residential building in Iran

Yousefi, Fatemeh; Gholipour, Yaghob; Saboohi, Yadollah; Yan, Wei

doi:10.1007/s12053-019-09831-w

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“…Moreover, they can represent, in some cases, a large area of the building envelopes that have high window-to-wall-ratios. According to Yousefi et al (2020) [38], a building's energy consumption can rise about 40% only by changing the window-to-wall ratio from 0.15 to 0.75. In fact, as an example, air leakage is reduced when replacing windows with air-sealing technologies [39] and single-glazing layers windows' U-values (a measure of how effective a material is as an insulator) can be three times higher than double glazing windows [40].…”

Section: Passive Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Introductory Review of Energy Efficiency in Buildings Retrofits

2021

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Energy-efficient building retrofits must be approached from three perspectives: law regulation approach, financial incentives approach, and practice approach. The concepts of zero energy building and life cycle energy building are presented as the basis for energy retrofits. Multi-criteria boards to assess the decision-making process are reviewed, analysed, and categorised under an architectonic perspective. Some examples are presented, with different packages of measures, from deep to non-invasive energy retrofits. Passive and active energy generation systems, together with control and management strategies, are the physical elements identified with the potential to improve buildings’ energy efficiency. From a practice approach, this literature review identifies the concept of performance-based architectural design to optimise the planning and design of buildings’ energy retrofits. In addition, tools such as Building Information Modelling are described as part of optimisation processes, as they enable designers to rapidly analyse and simulate a building’s performance at the design stage.

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Section: Passive Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%