Passive measures for preventing summer overheating in industrial buildings under consideration of varying manufacturing process loads

Gourlis, Georgios; Kovačić, Iva

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2017.05.134

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“…Basically, the reduction in energy consumption and environment pollution during construction as well as the energy-saving measures after establishment are the main concerns for designing energy-efficient buildings [93]. Efforts for improving the energy efficiency of a building's full lifecycle have been targeted in two main directions: one is the upgrade of envelope elements (e.g., façade [94], windows [95], roofs [96], etc. ), and the other is the improvement of applied facilities (e.g., heating, cooling [97], ventilation [98] and lighting [99]).…”

Section: Building Energy Savingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent Advances in Technology, Strategy and Application of Sustainable Energy Systems

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The global COVID-19 pandemic has had strong impacts on national and international freight, construction and tourism industry, supply chains, and has resulted in a rapid decline in the demand for traditional energy sources. In fact, research has outlined that urban areas depend on global supply chains for their day-to-day basic functions, including energy supplies, food and safe access to potable water. The disruption of global supply chains can leave many urban areas in a very vulnerable position, in which their citizens may struggle to obtain their basic supplies, as the COVID-19 crisis has recently shown. Therefore, solutions aiming to enhance local food, water and energy production systems, even in urban environments, have to be pursued. The COVID-19 crisis has also highlighted in the scientific community the problem of people’s exposure to outdoor and indoor pollution, confirmed as a key element for the increase both in the transmission and severity of the contagion, on top of involving health risks on their own. In this context, most nations are going to adopt new preferential policies to stimulate the development of relevant sustainable energy industries, based on the electrification of the systems supplied by renewable energy sources as confirmed by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Thus, while there is ongoing research focusing on a COVID 19 vaccine, there is also a need for researchers to work cooperatively on novel strategies for world economic recovery incorporating renewable energy policy, technology and management. In this framework, the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) conference provides a good platform for researchers and other experts to exchange their academic thoughts, promoting the development and improvements on the renewable energy technologies as well as their role in systems and in the transition towards sustainable energy systems. The 14th SDEWES Conference was held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. It brought together around 570 researchers from 55 countries in the field of sustainable development. The present Special Issue of Energies, specifically dedicated to the 14th SDEWES Conference, focuses on four main fields: energy policy for sustainable development, biomass energy application, building energy saving, and power plant and electric systems.

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Section: Building Energy Savingmentioning

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“…One of the studies found for temperate climates (Cfb, Oceanic), was the one carried out by Gourlis and Kovacic [16]. The authors studied the feasibility of the implementation of passive measures on an industrial building in Austria.…”

Section: General Measures For Limiting Heat Gains and Losses On Buildmentioning

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“…A large number of studies are carried out for hot and warm climates [15]. Valuable studies like the case studies in Austria for refurbishment [16], in Slovakia for a quantification of the energy demand [17], and a nearly zero-energy buildings study for the steel sector in Germany [18]; point out the following: most of the reviewed literature consists on case studies and generalizations are still required [14], and that for cold climates, an increase of insulation thickness is not cost-effective [18]. In regards to the incorporation of the photovoltaic (PV) systems, Kapsalis and Karamanis [19] state that a detailed heat transfer is required for seasonal studies.…”

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Energy Savings on an Industrial Building in Different Climate Zones: Envelope Analysis and PV System Implementation

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The energy market in Mexico is facing changes due to the incorporation of clean energy certificates (CEL) on the Electric Industry Law (LIE, Ley de la Industria Electrica). One of the aims is to increase the percentage of clean energy use in the national energy matrix. Consequently, the integration of energy efficiency strategies prior to the incorporation of renewables has become essential at different levels. Industrial buildings have significant heat gains and losses through the envelope, mainly due to their vast surface and simple construction systems. This work analyses the typical envelopes of industrial buildings in Mexico and the effect of industrial rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems over the annual energy consumption. It was found that for temperate climates, the best option would be to insulate the roof. For cities with warm climates, the best approach is to implement a cool roof on a non-insulated layer or to simply insulate the roof. Additionally, the industrial buildings with metallic roofs situated in warmer climates would benefit the most from the implementation of rooftop PV systems. After all, the results point out that the decrease in the required CELs would not influence the savings.

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“…Biogas (35-170 PJ), biomass (75-315 PJ) and renewable gas can also represent a great opportunity for fossil fuel reduction. Gourlis and Kovacic [75] developed a dynamic thermal simulation model proposing several passive measures for avoiding summer overheating in an existing single-story metal processing factory in Berndorf, Austria. The examined passive measures were night natural ventilation, the adoption of a water-based elastomeric cool roof coating on the existing roof, with 0.87 infrared emittance and 0.87 solar reflectance, white venetian blinds on the south oriented façade windows, exterior solar shadings and light grey roller shades on the south side of the saddle shaped roof skylights over the main hall, the thermal improvement of the building fabric.…”

Section: Energy Efficiency In Industrymentioning

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Toward an Efficient and Sustainable Use of Energy in Industries and Cities

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Several countries have recently realized that the present development paradigm is not sustainable from an environmental and energy point of view. The growing awareness of the population regarding environmental issues is pushing governments worldwide more and more to promote policies aiming at limiting harmful effects of human development. In particular, the rapid increase of the global temperature, especially in the polar regions, and the management of human wastes, mainly plastic in seas, are some of the main points to be addressed by these novel policies. Several actions must be implemented in order to limit such issues. Unfortunately, the recent COP 24 Conference was not successful, but hopefully an agreement will be established in 2020 at the COP 26 Conference. The effort performed by policymakers must be mandatorily supported by the scientific community. In this framework, this paper aims at showing that countries worldwide are trying to negotiate an agreement to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In addition, in this paper all the researchers reported can provide quantitative measures of the actions to be implemented in order to address a sustainable and efficient use of energy. Here, innovations in terms of novel efficient and environmentally friendly technologies mainly based on renewable energy sources have been also investigated. The study also highlights different sectors that have been involved for this aim, such as energy conversion systems, urban areas, mobility, sustainability, water management, social aspects, etc. In this framework, specific conferences are periodically organized in order to provide a forum for discussion regarding these topics. In this area the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) conference is the most ordinary conference. The 13th Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conference was held in Palermo, Italy in 2018. The current Special Issue of Energies, precisely dedicated to the 13th SDEWES Conference, is based on three main topics: energy policy and energy efficiency in urban areas, energy efficiency in industry and biomass and other miscellaneous energy systems.

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Passive measures for preventing summer overheating in industrial buildings under consideration of varying manufacturing process loads

Cited by 24 publications

References 28 publications

Recent Advances in Technology, Strategy and Application of Sustainable Energy Systems

Recent Advances in Technology, Strategy and Application of Sustainable Energy Systems

Energy Savings on an Industrial Building in Different Climate Zones: Envelope Analysis and PV System Implementation

Toward an Efficient and Sustainable Use of Energy in Industries and Cities

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