Acoustic Performance of Louvred Facades for Brisbane Domestic Airport: An Integrated Approach

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Butera ◽  
Keith Hewett
Keyword(s):  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Transmission Loss ◽  
Internal Noise ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
External Noise ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Airport Terminals

Maximising cross ventilation is a low energy method of naturally ventilating and providing heating and cooling to deep plan spaces. Significant reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases can be achieved through minimising the use of mechanical systems in regions with climatic conditions that support the use of natural ventilation. Arup has provided input into the design of a louvered facade for the control of external noise for Brisbane Domestic Airport. A full scale prototype facade was constructed and noise transmission loss measurements were undertaken. The results indicate that significant noise reduction can be achieved to enable compliance with the internal noise limits for airport terminals, whilst using natural ventilation. The findings from this research will directly benefit building designers and innovators in the pursuit of achieving sustainable building design.

scholarly journals Review of Intelligent Control Systems for Natural Ventilation as Passive Cooling Strategy for UK Buildings and Similar Climatic Conditions

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4388
Author(s):  
Esmail Mahmoudi Saber ◽  
Issa Chaer ◽  
Aaron Gillich ◽  
Bukola Grace Ekpeti
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Integrated Control ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Optimal Output ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Building Cooling

Natural ventilation is gaining more attention from architects and engineers as an alternative way of cooling and ventilating indoor spaces. Based on building types, it could save between 13 and 40% of the building cooling energy use. However, this needs to be implemented and operated with a well-designed and integrated control system to avoid triggering discomfort for occupants. This paper seeks to review, discuss, and contribute to existing knowledge on the application of control systems and optimisation theories of naturally ventilated buildings to produce the best performance. The study finally presents an outstanding theoretical context and practical implementation for researchers seeking to explore the use of intelligent controls for optimal output in the pursuit to help solve intricate control problems in the building industry and suggests advanced control systems such as fuzzy logic control as an effective control strategy for an integrated control of ventilation, heating and cooling systems.

scholarly journals ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF A PUBLIC BUILDING RENOVATION AND RECONSTRUCTION USING BASE MODEL PASSIVE HOUSE AND BIM TECHNOLOGY

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 114-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romas Rasiulis ◽  
Leonas Ustinovichius ◽  
Darius Migilinskas ◽  
Jovita Cepurnaite ◽  
Arvydas Virbickas
Keyword(s):  
Building Design ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Passive House ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Building Information ◽  
And Control ◽  
Made In

Modern constructions, either private houses or public buildings, nowadays must be built meeting all the requirements of the European Union [EU] standards and must be highly energy efficient. Still, there are a lot of old inefficient buildings with high energy costs that require renovation. These buildings can be renovated applying a passive house model that helps to minimize buildings’ heating and cooling energy expenses. Moreover, the decisions made in the stages of early design and preconstruction are essential for the sustainability in a building facility. It is possible to perform various analyses with Building Information Modeling (BIM) in order to have an optimized sustainable building design. BIM system can be used to evaluate and control the costs (e.g. renovation, efficiency) as well as to monitor the conditions during the life-cycle of the building.

scholarly journals Practical natural ventilation performance metric based on thermal autonomy for sustainable building design

2019 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 03062
Author(s):  
Kyosuke Hiyama ◽  
Liwei Wen
Keyword(s):  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Achievement Level ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Performance Metric ◽  
Ventilation Performance ◽  
Energy Simulations

Natural ventilation is an essential component in sustainable building design. However, successfully incorporating it remains difficult because the utilizable amounts of ambient energy resources differ according to project conditions such as ambient climates. Moreover, lack of a metric that could encourage an architect to design a proper plan and façade for natural ventilation at the schematic design stage is being recognized as a barrier to successful achievement of natural ventilation. An inappropriate plan and façade would make it impossible to make thorough considerations for successful implementation of natural ventilation at the later design stages. To encourage even the architects without special expertise in natural ventilation, the metric should be as simple as possible to evaluate the achieved natural ventilation design intuitively and rationally. This paper proposes net Thermal Autonomy as a modified metric of Thermal Autonomy, which cannot easily evaluate the achievement level because the applied weather data significantly influence the calculated value. In the proposed metric, a universal threshold covering climate factors is available by applying net time, while the outdoor condition suitable for natural ventilation is used in the denominator. The practicality of the proposed metric is examined through parametric building energy simulations and analyses.

scholarly journals The Significance of Building Design for the Climate

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiman Albatayneh ◽  
Dariusz Alterman ◽  
Adrian Page ◽  
Behdad Moghtaderi
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Climate Zone ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Right ◽  
Different Climates

Abstract Building design is important for saving energy and reducing GHG emissions by applying passive solar heating and cooling design principles and using the right materials and appropriate design tools. This will make the home healthier and more comfortable. The design of energy efficient and sustainable buildings is critical for the future. A key aspect of any design is the realistic and accurate prediction of the performance of the building under a wide range of weather conditions. This paper examines the effect of different climate zones in Australia (which are comparable to the world's major climates) on the thermal performance of a complete building and recommended design techniques to suit each climate zone to enhance the overall thermal performance. To examine the effect of the location (different climates) on the overall thermal performance and how a good design in one location may not be suitable at another location, AccuRate will be used to assess the thermal performance for the exact module in different climates zones to allow a fair comparison to find the appropriate design for the climate where the building is located. Also, in this research, each climate zone design requirements and techniques were addressed for various climate variables (including: solar radiation, rainfall, wind speed and direction and humidity) to design sustainable building which save great amount of energy while sustaining occupants thermal comfort.

scholarly journals Building Retrofit to Improve Energy Performance from Office to Accommodation. Case study: Tower Building, Nottingham, UK

2018 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 02010
Author(s):  
Nissa Aulia Ardiani ◽  
Suhendri ◽  
Mochamad Donny Koerniawan ◽  
Rachmawan Budiarto
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Current Function ◽  
Building Performance Simulation ◽  
Building Retrofit ◽  
Double Skin

Designed in Brutalism style by architect Andrew Renton, Tower Building has 17 floors for academic and lecturers’ office function. As the highest point in University of Nottingham, this tower has been built for almost five decades. The aim of this project is to propose the tower retrofit from current function to accommodation purpose. Improvement in terms of function and building energy performance by applying sustainable building technologies are the objectives of the retrofit. The advanced plan of building retrofit was proposed after assessing the current building performance and determined the problems. The proposed building design was based on building performance simulation result, literature, and precedent studies. Thereafter, several technologies and design ideas were applied for further investigation, to examine how is the strategies works in the building retrofit. Integrated double skin façade with BIPV, bio composite material for internal wall, double low-e glass for external wall, as well as green lung to improve natural ventilation and create public space were proposed for the building.

scholarly journals Parametric Study on Determining Optimum Shading Techniques for Urban High-Rise Dwellings

Urban Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Shorouk Omar Elshiwihy ◽  
Hassam Nasarullah Chaudhry
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Parametric Study ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Optimum Energy ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Shading Devices

Shading techniques constitute one of the most passive, beneficial strategies for reducing energy consumption in urban dwellings. Shading affects many factors, for example, the solar gains and radiations falling on the façade, which are considered the most significant in increasing the cooling energy demand in hot climates. This paper conducts a parametric study on external and internal shading devices and establishes their impact on energy consumption, daylight levels, and ventilation. The work was conducted using Integrated Environmental Simulation Virtual Environment (IES-VE) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) numerical methods. The results revealed that optimised shading can influence savings in terms of energy and cooling, in addition to the enhancement of daylighting and reduction of glare. After studying all these factors associated with the different shading techniques investigated, the findings revealed that all shades affect the energy, daylight and ventilation parameters positively. However, despite all external and internal shadings showing improvements, the egg crate shade was determined as that which provided the optimum energy saving, while enhancing daylight and improving natural ventilation for a sustainable building design.

Integral Design Methodology Within Industrial Collaboration

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim Zeiler ◽  
Emile Quanjel
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Maximum Level ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Guiding Principle ◽  
Research Institutes

Sustainable building will be the major guiding principle for renewal of building and spatial planning practice. Kropman being one of the major Dutch building services contractors is aware of this trend. It is because of this rowing awareness of sustainability that the company puts effort towards knowledge transfer and research with the Dutch knowledge and research institutes. The principles of sustainable building within the IFD (Industrial Flexible Dismountable) concept are applied in the planning of a new building for the Kropman Utrecht department. Aim was an integrated approach within the design process to reach a maximum level of integration between building elements and climate conditioning elements. A newly developed methodology for structuring and documenting integral design processes enables verification and reproduction of decisions made during designing. Its conscious use by professionals results in iteration cycles within and between their own domains. The gradual emergence of a design language that helps structuring design tasks and solutions further stimulates the multidisciplinary exchange of ideas and concepts. This approach of structuring tasks and solutions is tested within a professional context of a building design project. Investigated is if the approach improves and supports the building design process. Besides its added value for building design process, the integral design methodology directly stimulates application of sustainable energy in the built environment.

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