Assessment of Architects’ Knowledge of Passive Design Strategies in Terminal Buildings among Architectural Firms in Lagos State

Energy efficiency in buildings is very important since it contributes significantly to fossil fuel consumption and consequently climate change. Several approaches have been taken by researchers and the industry to address the issue. These approaches are classified as either passive or active approaches. The purpose of this review article is to summarize a number of the technologies that have been investigated and/or developed. In this technical review paper, the more commonly used active and passive building energy conservation techniques are described and discussed. The pros and cons of both the active and passive energy techniques are described with appropriate reference citations provided. This review article provides a description to give an understanding of building conservation approaches. In the active classification, several methods have been reviewed that include earth-to-air heat exchangers, ground-source and hybrid heat pumps, and the use of new refrigerants, among other methods. In the passive classification, methods such as vegetated roofs, solar chimneys, natural ventilation, and more are discussed. Often, in a building, multiple passive and active methods can be employed simultaneously.

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“…Residential and commercial buildings account for nearly 40% of energy use [4]. Space conditioning accounts for 40% to 60% of building end-use.…”

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Advanced Active and Passive Methods in Residential Energy Efficiency

Taherian

Peters

2023

Energies

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“…It is critical to attain a high degree of thermal comfort by natural means, which can be helped by passive cooling techniques, as opposed to artificial ones. Consequently, the interior thermal comfort of the building is improved, and the quantity of energy consumed by the building is reduced to its bare minimum, resulting in an energy-efficient structure in the end (Ibem, Udezi, Oti, & Fakorede, 2019).…”

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Application of Passive Cooling Principles in Selected Hotel Buildings in Southwest Nigeria

James

Fulani

Azoji

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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This study was initiated in response to the high energy consumption connected with tourism-related activities. Air conditioning uses the majority of the energy required, typically exceeding 40%. Hotels in the tropics have higher average annual energy use intensity (avg. EUI) rates than those in the temperate zones; Regardless of the climate zone, the highest category hotels (i.e., five-star hotels) have a higher energy use index. When their efficiency is assessed and understood to ensure continuous improvement in their energy conservation, hotel buildings will make a much greater contribution to energy management. The objective of this paper is to investigate the extent to which Passive Cooling Principles were applied in hotel buildings in Nigeria, and the impact of these principles on the selected hotels; towards assessing the achieved level of energy conservation. The study is limited to selected hotel buildings in Nigeria; and they were studied in-depth to determine their compliance levels to passive cooling principles. Non-participant observation was carried out to obtain are objective data. As Lagos State houses a larger number of the five-star hotels in the study population, two of the selected case studies were from this location; and the last was from Abuja, which represented the North and Central Region of the country. The sampling technique used for this research is purposive sampling. The Five-Star hotels were selected based on their star rating according to set standards that have been identified in Literature; and they include prominent hotels in both Lagos and Abuja. The application rate of 64% also creates a basis for determining the minimum application rate targeted for the five-star hotel design carried out along-side this paper; which is 75%. This relays the extent to which Passive Cooling Principles are applied in hotel buildings in Nigeria; and also provides a benchmark for future researches and designers that intend to implement or study Passive Cooling Principles.

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Modeling the Effect of Overcoming the Barriers to Passive Design Implementation on Project Sustainability Building Success: A Structural Equation Modeling Perspective

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To maximize profits without sacrificing quality, the concept of sustainable construction must be adopted across a project’s whole lifespan. Although adopting the idea of passive design in developing countries is incomplete, these studies have focused on the reasons for doing so. In contrast, there is limited evidence to completely analyze the influence of integrating passive design on the project sustainable success (PSS) of projects throughout their existence. This study focuses on the hurdles to passive design adoption in Pakistani building projects. It evaluates the impact of overcoming passive design (PD) adoption barriers on project sustainability success (PSS) during the duration of the project. Therefore, a more comprehensive literature assessment is required for conceptual model construction. Using a survey assessment instrument, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was constructed (i.e., a questionnaire). A total of 156 construction experts in Pakistan provided information. The result of the model demonstrated that the elimination of PD implementation obstacles had a moderate to high impact on PSS throughout the building structure’s lifetime. These results provide the foundation for legislation in a number of Asian nations about the efficient completion of projects via the removal of obstacles for the use of passive design. Similarly, the adoption of passive design will increase the success of the construction project.

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Assessment of Architects’ Knowledge of Passive Design Strategies in Terminal Buildings among Architectural Firms in Lagos State

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Advanced Active and Passive Methods in Residential Energy Efficiency

Advanced Active and Passive Methods in Residential Energy Efficiency

Application of Passive Cooling Principles in Selected Hotel Buildings in Southwest Nigeria

Modeling the Effect of Overcoming the Barriers to Passive Design Implementation on Project Sustainability Building Success: A Structural Equation Modeling Perspective

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