Sustainable energy saving alternatives in small buildings

Farooq Sher; Aiki Kawai; Fatih Güleç; Hamad Sadiq

doi:10.1016/j.seta.2019.02.003

Sustainable energy saving alternatives in small buildings

Farooq Sher, Aiki Kawai, Fatih Güleç, Hamad Sadiq

University of Nottingham

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Abstract

Day lighting significance in architectural designs is well established for enhancing visual comfort, energy-efficiency and low carbon buildings development. Practising the atrium element in the modern architectures has been increasingly popular in recent years because of the fact that the transitional space with good environmental elements can improve the quality of the buildings and reduce extra energy utilisation. The present study explores the advantages and effectiveness of the atrium on the energy performance of small buildings, a case study of ‘The Azuma Row House’. Based on local micro-climate data Autodesk Ecotect Analysis was performed to calculate the daylight factors and the energy demand of the building. A comparison was made with atrium and without atrium in the building to evaluate overall energy savings. The results show a higher annual heating energy demand with atrium 3443 kWh compared without atrium 2526 kWh. The annual cooling energy demand without atrium 2516 kWh is significantly greater than with atrium 912 kWh. The total energy requirements under no atrium case is about 5042 kWh which is considerably higher than the total annual energy demand with atrium 4355 kWh. The total amount of energy saved is about 15.7% per year by introducing the sunlight through the atrium. Along with the increasing issue of the energy crisis, environmental problem and the beautiful design of atrium, the development of atrium in modern architecture designing is feasible to have a good future.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	92-99
Number of pages	8
Journal	Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
Volume	32
Early online date	6 Mar 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2019.02.003
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2019

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 32, (2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2019.02.003

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Keywords

Atrium
Low carbon buildings
Simulation and Autodesk Ecotect
Solar energy
Sustainable energy
Transitional spaces

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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Sustainable energy saving alternatives in small buildings

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