Open AccessThe Effect of Geometrical characteristics and Space layout on the Efficient Thermal Performance in Residential Apartments
Author(s) -
Shaymaa Salim Younus Al-Mashhadani,
Hasan Abdulrazzaq Hasan Al. Sanjary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1090/1/012046
Subject(s) - apartment , architectural engineering , variance (accounting) , plan (archaeology) , openness to experience , set (abstract data type) , sample (material) , space (punctuation) , computer science , environmental science , civil engineering , engineering , business , geography , psychology , social psychology , chemistry , accounting , archaeology , chromatography , programming language , operating system
Although many environmental studies contributed to understanding the thermal behaviour of residential buildings, they mostly focused on a set of design strategies that aim to reduce the consumed load by dealing with the building as a whole, without considering the characteristics of the parts and their internal distribution in the residential floor plan. Accordingly, the research aims (within the level of residential towers) to study the effect of the geometrical characteristics and the spatial layout of the apartment represented by the apartment layout system, its openness to the outside, and the geometrical characteristics of its spaces on the efficiency of its thermal performance and the extent of variation between its spaces. To achieve the goal, a thermal simulation was performed using the Ecotect2011 program on a selected sample of 12 apartments for local housing of various projects that cover with their characteristics the variations whose effects are required to be tested within the research objectives. The research came out with a set of conclusions that can give basic indicators to the designer in achieving higher efficiency of the thermal performance of a residential apartment and reducing the variance in the necessary air conditioning load between its spaces.