The performance of a solar lighting and heating system (SLHS) based on the spectral splitting effect nanofluids is presented in this paper. SLHS through would split sunlight spectrum into different wavelength, then introduce visible light offices for absorb infrared energy to generate hot water. Energy Plus software was used analyze consumption typical office building located city Harbin China ...

As part of sustainable architecture principles and practices, designers need to define building's architectural requirements based on climatic conditions, environmental preservation and reduction in energy consumption. The natural energy sources such as solar radiation affect thermal and lighting performances of buildings depending on its facade characteristics. Traditionally, buildings thermal...

Detailed simulations of lighting and HVAC energy consumption were performed on a prototype office building in six North American climates. The goal of these simulations was to calculate the overall energy savings attributable to reductions in lighting power density (LPD) from 25.8 W/m (past practice) to 17.2 W/m (current code) to 8.6 W/m (low). Results showed that as LPD decreases, reductions i...

Using of natural lighting has come into prominence in constructed buildings, especially in last ten years, under scope of energy efficiency. Natural lighting methods are one of the methods that aim to take advantage of day light in maximum level and decrease using of artificial lighting. Increasing of day light amount in buildings by using suitable methods will give optimum result in terms of c...

Increasing user comfort and reducing operation costs have always been primary objectives of lighting control strategies in a building. This paper proposes an architecture of the lighting control system for a daylit office. The system consists of the lighting controller, A/D & D/A converter, dimmable LED lights, and the lighting management software. Verification tests are conducted using the pro...

The intent of this paper is to initiate a discussion within the community interested in commercial refrigerators, on the possible use of LED lighting in commercial refrigerated and freezer display cases. The fluorescent lighting presently used in commercial refrigerators is inefficient in the application and also it provides poor lighting for merchandising. LED is a solid-state light source tha...