The evolution of the construction sector over years has been marked by replacement high thermal inertia mass constructions increasingly lighter solutions that are subject to greater fluctuations and, consequently, discomfort. To minimize these effects, energy demanding space conditioning technologies implemented, contributing significantly sector’s share global consumption. Enhanced constructiv...

Courtyard geometry plays an important role in the amount of received solar radiation, also heating and cooling energy consumption of buildings. Considering this geometry for finding its proper proportion and orientation is significant to increase indoor thermal comfort, and as a result reduce the amount of energy consumption. This paper mainly focuses on a dormitory courtyard in Yazd and invest...

Energy crisis, global warming and other environmental issues are what motivate researchers to find new strategies to reduce energy consumption in buildings. Recently, using phase change materials (PCM) in the building’s envelopes has drawn significant attention as an energy-saving method, which helps in increasing the building’s thermal capacity. In the present research, the effects of the main...

Global warming has drawn great attention in recent years because of its large impact on many aspects of the environment and human activities in buildings. One area directly affected by climate change is the energy consumption for heating and cooling. To quantify the impact, this study used the HadCM3 Global Circulation Model (GCM) to generate weather data for future typical meteorological years...

This paper compares the potential for building energy saving of various passive and active strategies on-site power generation through a grid-connected solar photovoltaic system (SPVS). The case study is student welfare unit from university campus located in tropical climate (Aw) Guayaquil, Ecuador. proposed approach aims to identify most effective strategy retrofit this climate. For purpose, w...