Optimum Building Design Variables in a Warm Saharan Mediterranean Climate Zone

Aiman Albatayneh; Tarke Tayara; Mustafa Jaradat; Murad Al-Omary; Muna Hindiyeh; Dariusz Alterman; Manal Ishbeytah

doi:10.1155/2021/6672260

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Optimum Building Design Variables in a Warm Saharan Mediterranean Climate Zone

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Optimum Building Design Variables in a Warm Saharan Mediterranean Climate Zone

Aiman Albatayneh, Tarke Tayara, Mustafa Jaradat, Murad Al-Omary, Muna Hindiyeh, Dariusz Alterman and Manal Ishbeytah

International Journal of Photoenergy, Vol.2021, pp.1-13

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6672260

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Abstract

This research contributes to making residential buildings more efficient in the city of Azraq, Jordan, which is located in a warm climate zone in the Saharan Mediterranean region (classified as a hot desert climate according to the Köppen climate classification). It involved the optimisation of several envelope parameters with the aim of reducing the usage of energy within a normal structure occupying an area of 186 m 2 without the occupants' involvement in saving energy in the building to solely measure the building envelope's thermal performance. The DesignBuilder software was used for the sensitivity analysis using 12 design variables, which enabled their significance for both cooling and heating loads. The selected variables were separated into two categories based on their level of significance: a group with higher importance (window to wall %, local type of shading, ground floor building, natural rate of ventilation, rate of infiltration, kind of glazing, and flat roof structure) as well as a group with lower importance (partition construction, site position, construction of outside walls, kind of window blinds, and window shade control timetable); these variables will save a significant amount of heating and cooling energy.

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Title: Optimum Building Design Variables in a Warm Saharan Mediterranean Climate Zone
Authors: Aiman Albatayneh (Author) - German Jordanian University
Tarke Tayara (Author) - German Jordanian University
Mustafa Jaradat (Author) - German Jordanian University
Murad Al-Omary (Author) - German Jordanian University
Muna Hindiyeh (Author) - German Jordanian University
Dariusz Alterman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Manal Ishbeytah (Author) - German Jordanian University
Publication details: International Journal of Photoenergy, Vol.2021, pp.1-13
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1155/2021/6672260
ISSN: 1687-529X; 1110-662X
Copyright note: Copyright © 2021 Aiman Albatayneh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99534606302621
Output Type: Journal article

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