scholarly journals Passive Cooling Strategies in Greening Existing Residential Building in Hot Dry Climate: Case Study in Bahrain

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
May Al-Saffar
Keyword(s):  
Residential Building ◽  
Passive Cooling ◽  
Cooling Strategies

scholarly journals Variant Developments of Typical Meteorological Years (TMYs) for Seeb, Oman and their Impact on Energy Simulation of Residential Buildings

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasser Al-Azri ◽  
Saleh Al-Saadi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Energy Simulation ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Passive Cooling ◽  
Historical Records ◽  
Cooling Strategies ◽  
The Difference

Typical meteorological years (TMYs) are widely used for the analysis and simulation of energy-intensive systems. The reliability of a developed typical year depends on the accuracy of the historical record of weather data as well as the fitness of the developed approach to the application. In this work, a TMY for Seeb area in the Muscat Governorate, Oman was developed using different approaches. The developed TMYs are compared to the current commonly used TMY which is based on 1985-2001 records that have many gaps and anomalies and hence have intensive interpolation treatment. The different TMYs were compared by simulating energy consumption of a typical residential building and also by studying applicability of passive cooling strategies. The findings showed that the variation in energy consumption is minimal for the different TMY development approaches for the same set of historical records but the difference is very significant when the comparison is based on the two sets from the two periods of records.

scholarly journals Building envelope and energy saving case study: a residential building in Al-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-564
Author(s):  
Laila Amer Hashem Al-Qahtani ◽  
Lamis Saad Eldeen Elgizawi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Thermal Characteristic ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Passive Cooling ◽  
Interior Space ◽  
Cooling Strategies

Abstract Around the world, most energy is consumed by buildings; residential buildings consume 40% of energy globally. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), buildings consume 50% of all energy, and 70% of the buildings in the KSA are not insulated well. Creating an envelope is a key to decreasing energy consumption and providing thermal comfort and healthy internal spaces. Thus, the main aim of this study is to test the effect of selected passive cooling strategies by using a simulation program to evaluate a variety of envelope (floor, external and internal walls and roofs) thermal characteristic proposals to create an eco-interior space, to provide the most comfortable conditions for users and to save energy in buildings in hot climates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. One residential building case was selected, and some of the passive cooling strategies were tested. Simulation software—Design Builder—was used to calculate the total energy consumption in 1 year and compare the results before and after applying these strategies to the selected residential building.

scholarly journals Variant Developments of Typical Meteorological Years (TMYs) for Seeb, Oman and their Impact on Energy Simulation of Residential Buildings

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Nasser Al-Azri ◽  
Saleh Al-Saadi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Energy Simulation ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Passive Cooling ◽  
Historical Records ◽  
Cooling Strategies ◽  
The Difference

Typical meteorological years (TMYs) are widely used for the analysis and simulation of energy-intensive systems. The reliability of a developed typical year depends on the accuracy of the historical record of weather data as well as the fitness of the developed approach to the application. In this work, a TMY for Seeb area in the Muscat Governorate, Oman was developed using different approaches. The developed TMYs are compared to the current commonly used TMY which is based on 1985-2001 records that have many gaps and anomalies and hence have intensive interpolation treatment. The different TMYs were compared by simulating energy consumption of a typical residential building and also by studying applicability of passive cooling strategies. The findings showed that the variation in energy consumption is minimal for the different TMY development approaches for the same set of historical records but the difference is very significant when the comparison is based on the two sets from the two periods of records.

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