THE EFFECT OF THE WINDOW-TO-WALL RATIO ON COOLING ENERGY USAGE AND COMFORT TEMPERATURE
This study presents an investigation of the effect of building envelope, especially glass facade buildings on cooling energy usage and thermal comfort. An office building was modeled with various window-to-wall ratio (WWR) using panasap glass with SC=0 ...
Aris Budhiyanto
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This study examines the impact of various combinations of walls, roofs, and window‐to‐wall ratios (WWRs) on the cooling and heating loads of residential buildings in India's composite climatic zone.
Asim Ahmad +6 more
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The Influence of Window-Wall Ratio on Heating Energy Consumption of Rural House in Severe Cold Regions of China [PDF]
Rural houses in severe cold areas of China are mostly single-storey independent buildings with large shape coefficient. Compared with urban residential, it has larger contact area between envelope and outdoor environment of each household. Meanwhile, the
Shao Teng +3 more
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A Fundamental Study on the Development of New Energy Performance Index in Office Buildings
Recently, there have been significant concerns regarding excessive energy use in office buildings with a large window-to-wall ratio (WWR) because of the curtain wall structure.
Jin-Hee Kim +5 more
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Optimized design and energy consumption simulation of window-wall ratio in Yanqui Library, Jimei University [PDF]
The size of the window-to-wall ratio is a key factor affecting the natural lighting, ventilation and energy consumption of a building. Taking the Yanqui Library of Jimei University as the object and combined with different shading conditions, the range ...
Cheng Li, Tao Qiuhua, Tang Yubin
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The energy savings potential of windows in the office buildings sector: State of the art
In recent years glazed envelop has gained popularity in modern building practice throughout the world. The need to energy conservation and sustainable development in buildings is causing a new interest towards such typical envelop building.
Mounira BADECHE , Yasmina BOUCHAHM
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Nowadays, the use of renewable energies has increased due to the energy crisis and subsequent environmental issues. The window design significantly affects energy consumption and natural light absorption regarding preventing visual discomfort and ...
Abbas Maleki, Narges Dehghan
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The Effects of Courtyard Envelope on the Energy Required for Cooling in the Hot Desert Climate [PDF]
The objective of this paper is to investigate how various aspects of the courtyard envelope affect the amount of energy required to maintain a comfortable temperature in Egypt's hot deserts. Two different courtyard ratios (R1 and R2) were simulated using
Ayman Ragab
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Impact of window to walls ratios on thermal comfort and energy consumption in tropical zone [PDF]
This paper investigated the impact of Window to Wall Ratios (WWR) an the thermal comfort and energy lighting demand of a building in tropical zone. Simulations were carried out for a reference office proposed by Task 27 of IEA using three Window to Wall Ratios (WWR).
Fallou Sene +3 more
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Automatic Compliance Check of Window-to-Wall Ratio Software Embeded Intelligent Algorithms in Revit Modeling [PDF]
Window-to-Wall Ratio(WWR) is a crucial building envelope element that decides the air conditioning and lighting energy consumption in the building. Controlling WWR within a reasonable range is of great significance to building energy conservation. Due to
Yan Xiu-ying +5 more
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