Open AccessEnergy Efficient Retrofit Model for Unconditioned Buildings Set in the Composite Climatic Region of India
Author(s) -
Aanchal Sharma,
P. S. Chani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.c5059.018520
Subject(s) - retrofitting , architectural engineering , efficient energy use , energy consumption , architecture , environmental science , energy (signal processing) , energy performance , civil engineering , computer science , engineering , geography , mathematics , statistics , electrical engineering , structural engineering , archaeology
The potential of energy efficient retrofitting of existing unconditioned buildings to save associated building energy consumption makes it an area of great interest. A questionnaire survey conducted amongst the architecture and civil stream students of Indian institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, based upon the questions related to high performance buildings parameters revealed that, energy efficiency is one of the areas which needs greatest attention. The outcome of this survey strengthens the need of such research. Therefore, this research intends to convert an existing unconditioned building to an energy efficient building. For doing so, energy savings opportunities in existing unconditioned buildings are identified and devised into a four – fold energy efficient retrofit model. This paper, evaluates the significance of the proposed four- fold energy efficient model using case studies and energy simulation modeling as a tool.