Design Strategies for Green/Energy-Efficient Building Design: An Apartment Building in the Gaziantep Project

Current social development is pressing for energy efficient buildings. The trend of consistent updating of energy-efficient building technology reflects the importance and urgency of energy efficiency in buildings. Through analysis on the current situation of building development, it can be obtained that the energy efficient buildings as well as utilization of renewable energy sources in buildings will be bound to be one of main topics for discussion in future building design.

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Identifying Retrofitting Strategies to Achieve Energy Efficient Building Design in Existing Buildings

Periodica Polytechnica Architecture ◽

10.3311/ppar.16909 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Fadi Salah ◽

Merve Tuna Kayılı

Keyword(s):

Energy Efficient ◽

Energy Savings ◽

Building Design ◽

High Energy ◽

Insulation Material ◽

Existing Buildings ◽

The North ◽

Heating And Cooling ◽

Definition Of ◽

Energy Efficient Building

Reducing the energy needs of existing buildings has a significant place in reducing global energy demands. High energy savings can be achieved with passive renovation suggestions in existing buildings. In this study, the effect of the proposed renovations for an educational structure in Safranbolu on the heating and cooling demands of the building was determined with a simulation program. Energy improvements of up to 70 percent have been achieved through passive improvement designs in orientation and insulation material. The highest energy saving (69.31 %) was realized through a scenario of rearranging spaces from the north side to the south side where the number of users is relatively high and selecting a 20 cm aerogel thermal insulation material. While the heating and cooling load, in accordance with the definition of a zero-energy building, could not be reached in this scenario, the study showed the importance of holistic decisions taken in the design phase of the building with respect to energy-efficient building design.

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Construction-Scale Concrete Additive Manufacturing and its Application in Infrastructure Energy Storage

Volume 2A: Advanced Manufacturing ◽

10.1115/imece2020-24012 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Celeste Atkins ◽

Emma Betters ◽

Alex Boulger ◽

Phillip Chesser ◽

Jesse Heineman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Additive Manufacturing ◽

Energy Storage ◽

Energy Efficient ◽

Manufacturing System ◽

Storage System ◽

Solution Space ◽

Building Design ◽

Energy Storage System ◽

Efficient Construction ◽

Energy Efficient Building

Abstract Construction is filled with labor intensive, hazardous, and often wasteful processes. It is also an enormous industry, so improvements in efficiency could have a tremendous economic impact. Construction-scale additive manufacturing is one path toward achieving those improvements. In this paper, a construction-scale additive manufacturing system, called Sky-BAAM, is presented. In addition to possibly leading to more energy-efficient construction practices, leveraging additive manufacturing in construction opens the solution space to more energy efficient building design. One such design, the EMPOWER wall, is also presented in this paper. The exterior of the wall is shaped to maximize heat transfer, while acting as form work for an internal energy-storage system. This allows energy to be stored in the wall during off-peak times and retrieved during peak periods.

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