The Effect of Night Ventilation on Covered Sports Halls Energy Conservation

Abstract

Recently there was an increasing demand in the field of sports facilities especially in the Middle East region. As a result, more attention is drawn toward reducing energy consumption in such facilities located in hot arid areas. Due to the large number of occupants inside covered sports halls, they work as a heat sink during the occupied periods. This article aims to study the effect of using night ventilation on reducing covered sports halls energy consumption. The methodology includes analyzing literature reviews related to sports facilities to study the effect of envelope modification on enhancing energy performance. DesignBuilder and EnergyPlus softwares are used to build and study a covered sports hall model and investigate the effect of using night ventilation on hall number one of the Cairo sports halls complex. Results show that night ventilation in hall number one positively reduces energy consumption by 18 %.