Energy characterization of residential and office buildings in a tropical location
Governments have established regulations to reduce energy consumption and polluting gas emissions from buildings. In Colombia, the government issued Resolution 0549 in 2015, a regulation that imposed savings percentages on different types of buildings. Builders have had to improve their designs to m...
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| author | Jorge Cárdenas-Rangel German Osma-Pinto Julián Jaramillo-Ibarra |
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| description | Governments have established regulations to reduce energy consumption and polluting gas emissions from buildings. In Colombia, the government issued Resolution 0549 in 2015, a regulation that imposed savings percentages on different types of buildings. Builders have had to improve their designs to meet this standard. However, this task requires a detailed understanding of the energy behaviour of buildings. In the absence of follow-up data, this study performed energy characterisations of a group of 20 residential and office buildings located in a tropical climate using DesignBuilder software. The simulations show a notable influence of plug-in loads on energy consumption as well as favourable thermal comfort conditions for all categories except for the low-income category. Solar radiation through windows is the largest source of heat in buildings. Additionally, the study shows the impact of a set of energy-saving measures on energy consumption. The results of this study can help designers reduce the energy consumption of tropical buildings and/or meet energy performance standards. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0042e3ab7faf40a6bb43c0c1bbd266f42023-05-31T04:46:26ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-05-0195e16048Energy characterization of residential and office buildings in a tropical locationJorge Cárdenas-Rangel0German Osma-Pinto1Julián Jaramillo-Ibarra2School of Electrical, Electronics, and Telecommunications Engineering, Universidad Industrial de Santander, 680002, Bucaramanga, ColombiaSchool of Electrical, Electronics, and Telecommunications Engineering, Universidad Industrial de Santander, 680002, Bucaramanga, Colombia; Corresponding author.School of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Industrial de Santander, 680002, Bucaramanga, ColombiaGovernments have established regulations to reduce energy consumption and polluting gas emissions from buildings. In Colombia, the government issued Resolution 0549 in 2015, a regulation that imposed savings percentages on different types of buildings. Builders have had to improve their designs to meet this standard. However, this task requires a detailed understanding of the energy behaviour of buildings. In the absence of follow-up data, this study performed energy characterisations of a group of 20 residential and office buildings located in a tropical climate using DesignBuilder software. The simulations show a notable influence of plug-in loads on energy consumption as well as favourable thermal comfort conditions for all categories except for the low-income category. Solar radiation through windows is the largest source of heat in buildings. Additionally, the study shows the impact of a set of energy-saving measures on energy consumption. The results of this study can help designers reduce the energy consumption of tropical buildings and/or meet energy performance standards.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023032553Building energy simulationTropical climateEnergy regulations |
| spellingShingle | Jorge Cárdenas-Rangel German Osma-Pinto Julián Jaramillo-Ibarra Energy characterization of residential and office buildings in a tropical location Heliyon Building energy simulation Tropical climate Energy regulations |
| title | Energy characterization of residential and office buildings in a tropical location |
| title_full | Energy characterization of residential and office buildings in a tropical location |
| title_fullStr | Energy characterization of residential and office buildings in a tropical location |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy characterization of residential and office buildings in a tropical location |
| title_short | Energy characterization of residential and office buildings in a tropical location |
| title_sort | energy characterization of residential and office buildings in a tropical location |
| topic | Building energy simulation Tropical climate Energy regulations |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023032553 |
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