Energy and Economic Analysis of Tropical Building Envelope Material in Compliance with Thailand’s Building Energy Code

Chiradeja, Pathomthat; Ngaopitakkul, Atthapol

doi:10.3390/su11236872

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“…Saad and Kamal [74] and Chiradeja and Ngaopitakkul [23] have demonstrated that the usage of agricultural waste fibres as roof insulation could reduce heat transfer into the building and maintain a comfortable temperature inside the building space. Thus, it can help to overcome the discomfort of homes and reduce indoor electricity consumption, which enables cost savings and reduces gas production that directly pollutes the environment [20].…”

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Production of Roof Board Insulation Using Agricultural Wastes Towards Sustainable Building Material

Deraman

Nawi²,

Mydin³

et al. 2022

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Malaysia, like most other developing countries, is facing an increase in the generation of waste and accompanying problems with the disposal of this waste. A large number of biomass wastes were generated due to increased activity in the agricultural and agro-industrial sectors, which led to producing environmental hazards and waste management issues. On the other situation, the energy consumption to cool the indoor building environment is high due to the building being exposed directly to solar radiation throughout the daytime, which increases the temperature outside and inside the building. Most of the low-medium cost housing schemes were constructed using metal roof covering without providing a roof insulation layer which causes a rising in indoor temperature and creates uncomfortable surroundings. Moreover, existing materials for roof insulation in the market use inorganic synthetic materials that could harm human health. The study aims to investigate the potential use of agricultural wastes for the production of roof board insulation material that can provide economic value added to agricultural waste, reduce the environmental issue and provide eco-friendly, sustainable building material. In this study, these agricultural wastes are combined in different proportions of 50% individual fibres, such as sugarcane bagasse with coconut husk, empty fruit bunch with mesocarp fibre, coconut husk with empty fruit bunch, and sugarcane bagasse with mesocarp fibre. The sample was fabricated using the hot-press machine and went through various physical and mechanical testing, which involved thickness of swelling, modulus of rupture, and thermal conductivity. The finding showed that the mixed fibre of empty fruit bunch and mesocarp fibre achieved all the criteria such as density (427 <500kg/m3); thickness of swelling (19< 20%); modulus of rupture (514<800psi), thermal conductivity (0.0856<0.25 W/m.K) met with the standard requirement in every laboratory test conducted. The outcome of this study suggests that empty fruit bunch and mesocarp fibre are the potential materials for the production of roof board thermal insulation. However, modification of physical and mechanical properties of waste fibre is required to achieve superior performance and is ready to be provided in the market. This study is aligned with the government initiative for the growth of green building materials for sustainable development in the construction industry.

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Section: Roof Insulation Materialsmentioning

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“…As a result, the temperature became lower and increased the comfort of the occupants inside. Studies showed that energy efficiency could be achieved by designing suitable roof insulation material, which depends on the local climate [22,23].…”

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Production of Roof Board Insulation Using Agricultural Wastes Towards Sustainable Building Material

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Mydin³

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“…Some articles have studied building envelope design from its energy-saving potential, environmental consequences, and social impacts. It is of the utmost importance to optimize the balance between the cost and energy savings [25,26].…”

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Life Cycle Assessment of Dynamic Water Flow Glazing Envelopes: A Case Study with Real Test Facilities

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High initial costs hinder innovative technologies for building envelopes. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) should consider energy savings to show relevant economic benefits and potential to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and Life Cycle Energy (LCE) should focus on investment, operation, maintenance, dismantling, disposal, and/or recycling for the building. This study compares the LCC and LCE analysis of Water Flow Glazing (WFG) envelopes with traditional double and triple glazing facades. The assessment considers initial, operational, and disposal costs and energy consumption as well as different energy systems for heating and cooling. Real prototypes have been built in two different locations to record real-world data of yearly operational energy. WFG systems consistently showed a higher initial investment than traditional glazing. The final Life Cycle Cost analysis demonstrates that WFG systems are better over the operation phase only when it is compared with a traditional double-glazing. However, a Life Cycle Energy assessment over 50 years concluded that energy savings between 36% and 66% and CO2 emissions reduction between 30% and 70% could be achieved.

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“…It is basically the average heat transfer rate of the building envelope material. In general, good building materials have a low transmittance value (U-value), thus giving a low OTTV value to the building [8]. Regional regulations require a maximum OTTV building value of 35 W / m2 [9].…”

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Comparative Study on Green Building Implementation on Educational Building Design

Larasati¹,

Lubis²,

SUHENDRI³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Dwelling Form (IDWELL 2020)

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As a developing country, the development of human resources is one of the country's priority programs in enhancing national competitiveness of the current economic globalization era. The necessity of university campus development is required in ensuring the fulfilment of facilities and infrastructure of the human resource development. Since 2010, the infrastructure development at ITB Campus has been carried out using green building policies. However, the implementation has not indicated a significant impact. It is apprehensive that the ineffective application of green concept in the construction of new buildings will have a negative impact on the environment, especially the carbon emission effect emitted throughout the building's life cycle. It is important to ensure that the implementation of green building concept of new building construction, starts from the planning and design phases, contributes to carbon emission reduction. Therefore, a green building assessment is carried out for all new building designs. This assessment provides an opportunity to select the most optimum green design alternative to reduce the impact of carbon emissions up to 30% from existing designs. The building design assessment employs the open studio application and the EDGE platform from the World Bank. This paper will analyze the result of the green assessment of three new building designs (Labtek XV, Labtek XVI, Labtek XVII). The analysis will be managed comparatively, to obtain significant factors and to determine optimum alternatives.

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Energy and Economic Analysis of Tropical Building Envelope Material in Compliance with Thailand’s Building Energy Code

Cited by 14 publications

References 31 publications

Production of Roof Board Insulation Using Agricultural Wastes Towards Sustainable Building Material

Production of Roof Board Insulation Using Agricultural Wastes Towards Sustainable Building Material

Life Cycle Assessment of Dynamic Water Flow Glazing Envelopes: A Case Study with Real Test Facilities

Comparative Study on Green Building Implementation on Educational Building Design

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