Energy Saving through Connection of Sunken Garden with Nature and Passive Cooling in Traditional Buildings of Hot and Dry Climate of Iran

Ali-Nezhad, Fatemeh Mohammad

doi:10.5829/ijee.2020.11.01.04

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“…Cooling by ventilation includes natural ventilation and night ventilation. Natural ventilation, as the main technique of cooling, is the natural flow of air induced by temperature and pressure differences [1]. A traditional (wind tower) wind catcher is a special a traditional wind catcher (wind tower) is an architectural solution that has been used for centuries and provides natural ventilation in buildings.…”

Section: Ventilation In the Buildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Saving Energy Through Improving Performance of Double Skin Facades: A Case Study Residential Building in Yazd

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Salkhi

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The building envelope is one of the most influential factors in energy consumption. Therefore, optimizing the facade of the building with new technologies is one of the most effective passive solutions to provide thermal comfort. The purpose of this research is to design a composite facade, which according to the two main driving forces; the pressure difference caused by the heat flow (air flow and wind force) and the insulation of the air, for a residential building with a typical plan of Yazd in the hot and dry climate of Iran. That can be used to reduce the heating and cooling load of the building. For this purpose, firstly, the effect of two types of two-skin facades -floor-to-floor and all-over two-skin facades -compared to the model without two-skin facades in cooling and heating energy consumption throughout the year was modeled and analyzed with Design Builder version 6.1 software. The results of the constructions show the possibility of reducing about 60% of cooling energy through the creation of air conditioning and 26% of heating energy through the creation of thermal insulation in the residential building simulation model throughout the year by means of two combined shells. The findings of this research lead to the creation of more efficient energy solutions by creating innovation and combining new technologies according to climatic conditions.

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Section: Ventilation In the Buildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Today, energy conservation is a critical worldwide issue, leading architects to consider sustainable approaches in designing built environments [1]. In recent decades, architectural projects, due to an improper imitation of dominant movements, consume more energy for thermal comfort [2].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Saving Energy Through Improving Performance of Double Skin Facades: A Case Study Residential Building in Yazd

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Oskui

Salkhi

et al. 2023

IJEE

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“…In Iran, courtyard *Corresponding Author Email: Mahnazmahmoodyz@gmail.com (M. Mahmoodi Zarandi) houses are the most common style of traditional dwelling [5]. Courtyards are one of the most notable instances of this architecture's resistance to climatic conditions [6][7][8]. In the past, constructing courtyards was almost done for cooling in hot regions and access to proper light [9,10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigating the Effect of Different Proportions of Iwan and Window Area of Adjacent Room on Cooling/Heating Load and Energy Consumption in Central Courtyard Model in Yazd

Kamyab

Zarandi

Nikpour

2023

IJEE

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The city of Yazd has a large number of traditional houses. Houses with central courtyards and an Iwan were suitable for establishing thermal comfort conditions. In this research, the effect of Iwan's depth and the ratio of the adjacent room's openings on the comfort condition in the residential courtyard buildings in Yazd city were evaluated. The current research aims to provide an optimal model of the Iwan to increase sustainable development and use such models as the Iwan in contemporary housing in the hot and dry climate of Yazd. In order to investigate the effect of parameters, samples from the north-facing room and south-facing room in a central courtyard model with different proportions of the Iwan and different sizes of the window were simulated in Design Builder software. The results showed that the depth of Iwan and window to wall ratio's (WWR) of the adjacent room's window significantly affects the comfort (according to cooling load, heating load, and energy consumption) in this room. The results obtained in this research will be a new window to recover the concepts of old patterns and help to solve climate problems.

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“…Today, energy conservation is an important international issue, leading architects to environmentally sustainable projects [2]. Universities and campuses have been conceptualized as "small cities" to achieve *Corresponding Author Email: a.ghalehnovi@yahoo.com (A. Ghalehnovi) sustainability due to their area and the impact their activities have on the environment and society [3].…”

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Providing Solutions to Improve Environmental Performance of Universities Based on GreenMetric System

Ghalehnovi

Kamelnia

2023

IJEE

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Today, the focus on the sustainability issue in universities has become of significance considering the climatic and environmental issues. Therefore, universities are moving toward uniting the sustainability methods in their systems. Currently, many universities in Iran are performing essential activities in relation to environmental issues. This study is to determine the share of universities in sustainability quantitatively, and then it analyzes their activities. This research evaluates their activities in two steps based on the clustering and the efficiency of their performance. In the first step, the universities are grouped into homogenous clusters based on hierarchical clustering method with regards to their activities in sustainability area. Following that, the Comparative Table is used to calculate the gained percentage in each index based on the mean of the scores of each group using the data of the year 2021. This is done to have a better understanding of the performance of each cluster and the universities priorities for becoming greener and more successful in green-metric system. By evaluating the productivity and the efficiency of the universities, this study represents the most sustainable universities in group one (as the highly sustainable) and group two (as moderately sustainable) which have achieved the maximum grade in energy, transportation, research and instructive areas. These results also show that environmental variables (including water management, waste and infrastructure management) need to be taken into account by universities.

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Energy Saving through Connection of Sunken Garden with Nature and Passive Cooling in Traditional Buildings of Hot and Dry Climate of Iran

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Saving Energy Through Improving Performance of Double Skin Facades: A Case Study Residential Building in Yazd

Saving Energy Through Improving Performance of Double Skin Facades: A Case Study Residential Building in Yazd

Investigating the Effect of Different Proportions of Iwan and Window Area of Adjacent Room on Cooling/Heating Load and Energy Consumption in Central Courtyard Model in Yazd

Providing Solutions to Improve Environmental Performance of Universities Based on GreenMetric System

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