[Kak-Tos]: A Tool for Optimizing Conceptual Mass Design and Orientation for Rainwater Harvesting Facades

Beorkrem, Christopher; Damiano, Ashley

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6611-5_50

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“…This new approach to water resource management brings along more benefits in comparison with the horizontal RWH such as; harvesting potential cleaner water because it collects rainwater before ground/roof contamination occurs and utilizes without significant treatment for non-potable purposes; facade areas have not only larger surfaces but also are more unused spaces compared to rooftops in modern urban areas (Dobravalskis et al, 2018). Accordingly, new buildings can benefit from integrated vertical RWH from facade areas in order to optimize their water consumption and minimize their impact on the environment (Beorkrem et al, 2018). Wind-driven rain has been studied in building science as a moisture source with potential negative effects on the building envelope.…”

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Feasibility of Vertical Rainwater Harvesting via In-situ Measurement of Wind-driven Rain Loads on Building Facades in a Tropical Climate

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Rainwater is an alternative water resource to fulfill sustainable management of freshwater particularly in the regions receive abundant annual amounts of precipitation such as tropical Malaysia. To collect and store rainwater, rainwater harvesting system has been practiced since ancient from horizontal surfaces mostly rooftop of buildings in urban areas. Nowadays, this method in modern urban areas with tall buildings is considered inadequate and uneconomical because the ratio of facade surface areas is much higher than the ratio of roof surface areas. On the other hand, all rain has a horizontal velocity due to wind acting upon rain droplets which is called wind-driven rain (WDR). Growing tall buildings and the presence of WDR phenomenon make building façade surfaces the available promising surfaces to harvest substantial rainwater vertically and more efficiently. This article presents a one-year field measurement results that aims at quantifying the WDR loads impinged on the vertical facade areas of a pilot building located at the main campus of the University Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Detailed descriptions of the gauge design, building, the measurements of on-site WDR, rainfall duration time, and weather data are presented. Records show that monsoon winds characteristics have significant influence on the WDR loads on the building facades compare to horizontal rainfall intensity. Finally, the collected in-situ data are exploited to validate data and determine WDR coefficient (γ) to estimate the amount of WDR on a building façade via an empirical WDR relationship. Results show the feasibility of each square meter of vertical façade area to supply 12% of non-potable or 4.9% of potable water-usage per capita per day.

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