Title :
Effect of Thermal Properties of Building Glass on Cooling Energy Consumption of Buildings
Author :
Wang Huan ; Wu Huijun ; Ding Yunfei ; Zhou Xiaoqing
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Civil E.ng., Guangzhou Univ., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
Taking an office building in Guangzhou, China as example, the building environment simulation software DeST-c is used to study the effect of thermal properties of building glass on the cooling energy consumption. The results show that decreasing the shading coefficient of building glass can significantly reduce the cooling energy consumption. However, the heat transfer coefficient of building glass has little effect on the cooling energy consumption. The mechanism of the reduction of cooling energy consumption caused by the decrease of the shading coefficient is also discussed through hourly analysis on the cooling energy efficient rates all the year round.
Keywords :
building; building management systems; power engineering computing; space cooling; China; Guangzhou; building environment simulation software DeST-c; building glass; cooling energy consumption; office building; shading coefficient; cooling energy consumption; energy efficient rate; heat transfer coefficient; hot summer and warm winter zone; shading coefficient;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Manufacturing and Automation (ICDMA), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
ChangSha
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4286-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICDMA.2010.283