The impact of dynamic cultural changes on the design and energy performance of residential buildings in Saudi Arabia

Author

Numan, M.Y. ; Al-Naim, M.A. ; Al-Shaibani, K.A. ; Al-Maziad, F.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Building Sci. & Technol., King Faisal Univ., Saudi Arabia

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

62

Lastpage

65

Abstract

The paper traces the progression of cultural changes experienced by Saudi society over the past few decades of the oil boom. The dynamic impact of cultural changes on building design features, construction and operational use are identified. The resultant impacts on building electrical energy demand are analyzed using available energy consumption records and simple performance indices. The patterns of energy performance variations are explained and expected future tendencies are outlined

Keywords

power consumption; Saudi Arabia; Saudi society; building construction; building design features; building operational use; cultural changes; energy performance variations; oil boom; performance indices; residential buildings; Buildings; Cultural differences; Electronic mail; Energy consumption; Environmental economics; Home appliances; Petroleum; Power generation economics; Production; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environment and Solar, 2000 Mediterranean Conference for

Conference_Location

Beirut

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7117-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPLES.2000.939862

Filename

939862