Using energy plus simulation tools for improvement cooling load in office buildings at semi-arid climates: A case study North Iraq

Ismael, Serbest Khaleel; Morad, Diler Haji; Alibaba, Halil Zafer

doi:10.1063/5.0107893

AIP Conference Proceedings

2022

DOI: 10.1063/5.0107893

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Using energy plus simulation tools for improvement cooling load in office buildings at semi-arid climates: A case study North Iraq

Serbest Khaleel Ismael

Diler Haji Morad²,

Halil Zafer Alibaba³

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“…Therefore, implementing different strategies and methods is recommended to mitigate the impact of the mentioned issues and enhance the quality of life for displaced people to achieve more sufficient camps and shelters. For instance, energy demand and nonrenewable dependence sources can be avoided dramatically due to passively achieving thermal and indoor environment comfort [30,31]. Furthermore, for investigating indoor environment performance, several categories could be addressed, for instance, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentration levels could be used to measure indoor air quality (IAQ) [28,32].…”

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Energy Use and Indoor Environment Performance in Sustainably Designed Refugee Shelters: Three Incremental Phases

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Globally, natural and man-made disasters continue to force the displacement of masses of people. Existing studies show that several aspects have not been integrated into constructing refugee camps and shelters to achieve sustainability, such as long lifespan, indoor thermal comfort and air quality, energy efficiency, socio-cultural aspects, integration with local planning and design systems, and environmental impact. This study integrates the above factors in six refugee core shelters, designed based on the Middle Eastern cultural context using locally available sustainable construction materials and techniques. The prototypes are situated on two different building plots, i.e., terraced and end-of-terrace, and undergo three development phases, known as the incremental improvement strategy. The study focuses on their energy and indoor environment performance and provides empirical assessments undertaken using dynamic building simulations. It shows that the adopted approach to design and construction leads to remarkable improvements in their overall performance. Concerning energy use, compared to the base case scenarios built with conventional materials, the proposed prototypes show an opportunity to save energy up to 10,000 kWh per unit per year, equivalent to almost 2500 USD savings in energy bills. This is while achieving accepted level for almost 89–94% of thermal comfort hours and 74–85% predicted mean vote (PMV), respectively. However, the CO2 concentration level remains relatively low, ranging from 29 to 51%.

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Using energy plus simulation tools for improvement cooling load in office buildings at semi-arid climates: A case study North Iraq

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Energy Use and Indoor Environment Performance in Sustainably Designed Refugee Shelters: Three Incremental Phases

Energy Use and Indoor Environment Performance in Sustainably Designed Refugee Shelters: Three Incremental Phases

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