Reviewing the Design Parameters of the Building -Envelope in Order to Reduce Energy Consumption (Case Study: Contemporary Residential Buildings in District 15)
Subject Areas : Neighborhood studies in Iranian Islamic citiesReza Salimi Gargari 1 , seyed majid mofidi 2 , Haniyeh Sanaieian 3
1 - PhD Student in Architecture, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant professor of architecture and urban planning department University of Knowledge and Culture, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Assistant professor of architecture and urban planning department University of Knowledge and Culture, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Building Envelope, Typology, Heating load, Energy Consumption, sustainable facade,
Abstract :
The quality of the internal spaces and the impacts it has on the building's energy consumption depend critically on the right and optimal design of the building facade, which plays a significant function as the structure's envelope.Taking into account the facade's crucial function as the building's outer shell on On the other hand, new evaluation methods that designers and architects can utilize in the early stages of design must be replaced due to the time-consuming and challenging existing methods of optimization. The building's exterior envelope has an impact on both the outside environment and the urban environment in addition to shielding the inside environment from outside environmental conditions. Walls, ceilings, windows, doors, and other building elements are among its many parts. The goal of the current study is to create a thorough taxonomy of local structures while also examining the impact of building facade factors on their thermal behavior and energy usage. For this reason, the anatomical parameters of the façade are thoroughly studied in the first step by methodically studying sources and comparable research, and then the various types of facades in area 15 are examined. It should be noted that this article is only the first of a thorough investigation into facade design alternatives for energy consumption reduction. Following the completion of the investigations, the area's GIS map was extensively analyzed, and various and typical types were extracted using a field approach. According to the results of the field research and the components of the facade covering, the average area, orientation, length-to-width ratio, and frequency of parts are examined. The final types are extracted in the second stage after the buildings with the same length of view are classified in accordance with the map and the locations of the spaces in the main view.
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