The Use of Double-Skin Façades to Improve the Energy Consumption of High-Rise Office Buildings in a Mediterranean Climate (Csa)
dc.contributor.author | Ahriz, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Mesloub, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Djeffal, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Alsolami, BM | |
dc.contributor.author | Ghosh, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Abdelhafez, MHH | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-30T11:03:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-05-15 | |
dc.date.updated | 2022-11-30T09:31:01Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Engineers use double-skin façades (DSF) to lower the energy consumption of buildings as they can potentially control incoming wind speeds and the amount of solar heat gain. The purpose of this present study was to (1) evaluate the use of DSFs, (2) its efficacy in improving the energy performance of high-rise office buildings in the hot, dry summer climate of the Mediterranean, and (3) to develop an optimum DSF model for this climate based on industry standards and recommen-dations for high-performance DSF parameters. In order to determine the efficiency of DSFs, two distinct variables, building orientation and the number of DSFs used, were taken into consideration. This study adopted an experimental (generate and test) research design and used Autodesk® Eco-tect® Analysis software to develop computer simulations with which to assess 15 single façades, juxtaposed façades, three façades, and four façades on cardinal orientations. The recorded energy consumption and savings were then compared with that of the reference model. The results indi-cated that the three DSF model, i.e., the S14 model, reduced energy consumption during heating by 28% and by 53.5% when cooling a high-rise office building located in the hot, dry summer climate of the Mediterranean (Csa). | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 6004- | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 14(10), article 6004 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/su14106004 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | RG-21 029 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/131898 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0001-9409-7592 (Ghosh, Aritra) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en_GB |
dc.subject | double skin façade (DSF) | en_GB |
dc.subject | energy saving | en_GB |
dc.subject | heating | en_GB |
dc.subject | cooling | en_GB |
dc.subject | Mediterranean climate | en_GB |
dc.subject | high-rise building | en_GB |
dc.title | The Use of Double-Skin Façades to Improve the Energy Consumption of High-Rise Office Buildings in a Mediterranean Climate (Csa) | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-30T11:03:22Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2071-1050 | |
exeter.article-number | ARTN 6004 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from MDPI via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2071-1050 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Sustainability | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | Sustainability, 14(10) | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022-05-13 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2022-05-15 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2022-11-30T11:00:20Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-11-30T11:03:26Z | |
refterms.panel | B | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2022-05-15 |
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