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This paper investigates the effect of architectural design on energy consumption in buildings. It... more This paper investigates the effect of architectural design on energy consumption in buildings. It provides analyses for human thermal comfort and energy consumption for cooling and heating in architectural spaces. It evaluates the architectural variables such as building orientation, vertical shading devices, area of architectural spaces, and type of glass, in terms of their effect on energy efficiency and solar accessibility. The study took Jordan University of Science and Technology as a case study to test its offices for this purpose. Computer simulation was conducted for calculating the heating and cooling loads in the offices; DEROB – LTH developed simulation software was used for this purpose. The calculations were performed in a dynamic way for each hour during a specified period of simulation. The results show that building orientation is essential variables for achieving good human thermal comfort with low energy consumption.
Journal of Ecological Engineering, 2019
This research presents a comparison study between the vernacular architecture represented by the ... more This research presents a comparison study between the vernacular architecture represented by the heritage houses (Fallahy Houses) and the typical contemporary houses in Umm Qais city in the northern part of Jordan, in terms of thermal performance. It analyzes the parameters of the heritage houses to explore the impact on the human thermal comfort and energy consumption compared with the typical modern houses. The study investigates the performance of the vernacular houses and how they respond to the physical and climatic conditions. It also shows how these houses depend on passive design to control solar gains, and decrease heating and cooling loads keeping a good level of thermal comfort inside. The study compares these vernacular houses with the traditional contemporary house in Umm Qais. The selected samples from each type of houses were taken to evaluate the impact of the vernacular principles of design, building construction and materials on the thermal performance and the ther...
This paper investigates the effect of architectural design on energy consumption in buildings. It... more This paper investigates the effect of architectural design on energy consumption in buildings. It provides analyses for human thermal comfort and energy consumption for cooling and heating in architectural spaces. It evaluates the architectural variables such as building orientation, vertical shading devices, area of architectural spaces, and type of glass, in terms of their effect on energy efficiency and solar accessibility. The study took Jordan University of Science and Technology as a case study to test its offices for this purpose. Computer simulation was conducted for calculating the heating and cooling loads in the offices; DEROB – LTH developed simulation software was used for this purpose. The calculations were performed in a dynamic way for each hour during a specified period of simulation. The results show that building orientation is essential variables for achieving good human thermal comfort with low energy consumption.
Journal of Ecological Engineering, 2019
This research presents a comparison study between the vernacular architecture represented by the ... more This research presents a comparison study between the vernacular architecture represented by the heritage houses (Fallahy Houses) and the typical contemporary houses in Umm Qais city in the northern part of Jordan, in terms of thermal performance. It analyzes the parameters of the heritage houses to explore the impact on the human thermal comfort and energy consumption compared with the typical modern houses. The study investigates the performance of the vernacular houses and how they respond to the physical and climatic conditions. It also shows how these houses depend on passive design to control solar gains, and decrease heating and cooling loads keeping a good level of thermal comfort inside. The study compares these vernacular houses with the traditional contemporary house in Umm Qais. The selected samples from each type of houses were taken to evaluate the impact of the vernacular principles of design, building construction and materials on the thermal performance and the ther...