A review of internal and external influencing factors on energy efficiency design of buildings

S Chen, G Zhang, X Xia, S Setunge, L Shi - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
Three main groups of internal and external influencing factors have been identified through
this review, including building characteristics, equipment and technologies, and occupant's …

A review of the energy implications of passive building design and active measures under climate change in the Middle East

NA Fereidani, E Rodrigues, AR Gaspar - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
As buildings consume fossil fuel-based energy, they contribute to greenhouse gas
emissions which raise global temperatures. Buildings will then require more energy for …

Effect of window-to-wall ratio on measured energy consumption in US office buildings

L Troup, R Phillips, MJ Eckelman, D Fannon - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
Windows can significantly affect building performance, and the window-to-wall ratio (WWR)
describes the portion of an exterior wall that consists of windows. Previous research on the …

Effect of building shape, orientation, window to wall ratios and zones on energy efficiency and thermal comfort of naturally ventilated houses in tropical climate

S Pathirana, A Rodrigo, R Halwatura - International Journal of Energy and …, 2019 - Springer
This paper examines the effect of building shape, zones, orientation and window to wall ratio
(WWR) on the lighting energy requirement and the thermal comfort in the naturally ventilated …

Regression-based sensitivity analysis and multi-objective optimisation of energy performance and thermal comfort: Building envelope design in hot arid urban context

S Ouanes, L Sriti - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Previous research has established that energy demand of buildings in street canyons are
affected by the surrounding urban physical characteristics. This suggests that it is possible to …

A comparison between the daylighting and energy performance of courtyard and atrium buildings considering the hot climate of Saudi Arabia

OS Asfour - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Daylighting is a healthy and energy-efficient building design strategy that has increasingly
attracted the attention of researchers. This study investigates daylighting and the energy …

The impact of glazing ratio and window configuration on occupants' comfort and energy demand: The case study of a school building in Eskisehir, Turkey

T Ashrafian, N Moazzen - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
Various investigations have confirmed that pupils and teachers' learning/teaching
performance and health depend heavily on the quality and amount of daylight and indoor …

[HTML][HTML] Energy performance in residential buildings: Evaluation of the potential of building design and environmental parameter

M Alwetaishi - Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Buildings are responsible for dominant amount of energy consumption in hot regions. The
predominant quantity of energy consumption is connected to existing buildings. The aim of …

[HTML][HTML] An investigation of shading devices in a hot region: A case study in a school building

M Alwetaishi, H Al-Khatri, O Benjeddou… - Ain Shams Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal comfort preference in primary schools is quite crucial because of the difficulty of
young students to show and reflect their actual status of comfort: they may come with a jacket …

[HTML][HTML] Smart double glazing integrated polymer dispersed liquid crystal for enhancing building's thermal performance in hot-arid climate

AM Qahtan, AHM Almawgani, A Ghosh - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal glazing is an electrically activated smart switchable glazing
that requires an AC power supply to become transparent and remains opaque without …