Conference presentation
Quantifying the impact of passive design on high rise buildings
FUTURE of Architectural Research : Proceedings for Architectural Research Centers Consortium, pp.246-254
ARCC
ARCC 2015 Conference : Architectural Research Centers Consortium / Future of Architectural Research (Chicago, Illinois, United States, 06 Apr 2015 - 09 Apr 2015)
06 Apr 2015
Abstract
Buildings account for over 40% of all U.S. energy use (DOE 2012). This has an impact on national energy security, the economy, and the global environment. Provisions for local, state, and national building energy standards/codes exist to promote energy efficiency, making such codes a central part of the green building movement. These efforts are augmented by the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry through passive design strategies, advanced construction techniques, and the application of renewable energy technologies. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of operational energy use to variations in footprint aspect ratio and building orientation, both of which are critical design strategies for passive heating and cooling. Four identical high-rise office buildings are simulated in each of the four major climate zones (cool, temperate, arid, and tropical). All buildings are 200 meters in height, 50 stories that are 4.0 m floor-to floor height, with a total conditioned floor area of 135,000 square meters. Preliminary energy analysis is performed using Autodesk Ecotect Analysis 2011, and the results are validated using the Department of Energy’s eQuest version 3.65 building simulation software. The buildings were modeled to comply with the International Energy Conservation Code 2009. The results suggest that design strategies to maximize passive thermal conditioning and daylighting do little to reduce the load profiles of high-rise office buildings built to current energy codes.
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- Title
- Quantifying the impact of passive design on high rise buildings
- Creators
- Mohamed Ali Milad Krem - University ElmergibSimi T Hoque - Drexel University, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental EngineeringSanjay R Arwade - University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Publication Details
- FUTURE of Architectural Research : Proceedings for Architectural Research Centers Consortium, pp.246-254
- Conference
- ARCC 2015 Conference : Architectural Research Centers Consortium / Future of Architectural Research (Chicago, Illinois, United States, 06 Apr 2015 - 09 Apr 2015)
- Publisher
- ARCC
- Number of pages
- 9
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Identifiers
- 991021884693104721