Attia, Shady Galal Mohamed
[UCL]
De Herde, André
[UCL]
The Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs) objective has raised the bar for sustainable development among
architects and developers in hot climates. The objective of this paper is to investigate the influence of
setting a zero energy objective for existing buildings in hot climates. The paper compares the impact of
passive and actives design strategies on energy consumption and comfort. Using EnergyPlus for energy
simulation, an existing prototype of a residential apartment module will be used to evaluate energy
performance and thermal comfort in two parametric series. The first one is the result of passive design
strategies and the second one is guided by active solar strategies. Results show active design strategies
can be reliable for constant energy generation for buildings in the existing urban context. However, the
zero energy building objective needs to be the considered from early design phases during urban and
architectural design process.
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Bibliographic reference |
Attia, Shady Galal Mohamed ; De Herde, André. Strategic Decision Making For Zero Energy Buildings in Hot Climates.In: EuroSun 2010, Vol. 1, no. 1 (2010) |
Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/92528 |