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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Soufiane, F.
• Atef, A.
• Mohamed, M.
• Salaheddine, D.

Titel

Quantifying the effectiveness of mass proportions and the orientation for buildings on thermal performance in Tebessa, Algeria

Ist Teil von

• IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science, 2019-11, Vol.397 (1), p.12008

Ort / Verlag

Bristol: IOP Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (Open access)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Macro-Climate and Micro-Climate conditions have a great influence on energy consumption and thermal performance on both urban and architectural design scales. Integrating the passive strategies and measures are considered the best ways of dealing with different climatic conditions. The geometric shape and orientation of the buildings lie at the core of the passive strategies that significantly affect the thermal performance and energy consumption of buildings. From that end, the research aims to evaluate the thermal performance of different geometric shapes and orientations of residential buildings. The research adopts the analytical approach through the simulation of different possible scenarios using of building shapes and orientation using comprehensive environmental software "Autodesk ECOTECT". It aims to achieve the best possible configuration that exhibit best thermal performance for use in residential buildings in the region of Tebessa (Algeria). The results indicate significant thermal effects due to proportions of building's shape and its orientation. Therefore, this research recommends applying passive solar design strategies, particularly with respect to the geometric shape and orientation recommendations in the first stage of the design process. The proportions of the building must be determined with a complete understanding of their impact on thermal performance and energy consumption.