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Building’s window-to-wall ratio (WWR) plays a significant role for predicting energy consumption in tropical climate because huge amount of solar heat gain occurs through the exterior windows for having high solar radiation intensity and annual average temperature in tropical climatic regions. This study investigates the impact of WWR on energy consumption of air-conditioned office buildings in subtropical monsoon climatic country Bangladesh. This research was conducted through rigorous energy simulation perspective by developing a two storey prototype office building in a validated energy simulation tool eQUEST. Around 216 design alternatives were developed for simulation considering eight major cities of Bangladesh, WWR percentage from 10% to 80%, wall thickness, thermal insulation thickness, shading height and window orientations. A comprehensive data analysis was performed to predict the optimum range of WWR percentage for the air-conditioned office buildings. This research suggests a range of WWR that 30% to 40% is the optimum range for the air-conditioned office buildings in Bangladesh. An existing office building was able to save about 9.40% percent of electricity by incorporating optimum percentage of WWR. The output of this work can be incorporated into Bangladesh National Building Code as energy efficient strategies for designing an air-conditioned office building.

Impact assessment of window to wall ratio on energy consumption of an office building of subtropical monsoon climatic country Bangladesh