How solar energy works in high-rise residential buildings
This study aims to quantify the increased energy demand during work-from-home arrangement, using high-rise public residential buildings in Hong Kong, where its government announced …
Photovoltaic rooftop''s contribution to improve building-level …
This study aims to quantify the increased energy demand during work-from-home arrangement, using high-rise public residential buildings in Hong Kong, where its government announced …
Photovoltaic rooftop''s contribution to improve building-level energy ...
This study aims to quantify the increased energy demand during work-from-home arrangement, using high-rise public residential buildings in Hong Kong, where its government announced work-from-home arrangement four times in 2020.
A review of solar chimney for natural ventilation of residential and ...
The solar-induced ventilation system suitable for high-rise residential buildings was proposed by Rao [13]. As the stack effect introduces a suction force, the outside atmospheric air is induced to flow into the flats via the openings of windows and it is exhausted through the solar chimney or stack.
ENHANCING THE DAYLIGHT AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF EXTERNAL SHADING ...
ABSTRACT. This study examines the daylight and energy performance of 27 external shading scenarios in a high-rise residential building in the urban tropics. The cooling energy, daytime lighting energy and the spatial daylight autonomy (sDA) of the building model were simulated in Rhino3D and Grasshopper simulation software. The best performance …
Optimization of Solar Water Heating System in High-rise Residential ...
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Assessing the Solar Radiation Quantity of High-Rise Residential …
buildings Article Assessing the Solar Radiation Quantity of High-Rise Residential Areas in Typical Layout Patterns: A Case in North-East China Ming Lu 1,2, Yan Zhang 1,2,*, Jun Xing 1,2 and Wenda Ma 1,2 1 School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150006, China; hitlm1969@hit .cn (M.L.); ...
How Do HVAC Systems in High Rise Buildings Work?
High rises, whether they are residential, commercial, or mixed used, require specialized HVAC systems. These structures present challenges that standard HVAC systems are not equipped to handle. There are issues around temperature control, air circulation, and humidity management, and it takes a different type of HVAC to control the internal climate and …
Technological Advances and Trends in Modern High-Rise Buildings …
The purpose of this paper is to provide structural and architectural technological solutions applied in the construction of high-rise buildings, and present the possibilities of technological evolution in this field. Tall buildings always have relied on technological innovations in engineering and scientific progress. New technological developments have been …
Zhiyong Zhou 1,*, Honghao Zhou1 and Jia Lu 2
The limited roof area of high-rise residential buildings restricts the effective use of solar water heating systems (SWHS). Auxiliary heat sources and household water heaters have become …
How Does Solar Work?
In addition, you can dive deeper into solar energy and learn about how the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office is driving innovative research and development in these areas. Solar Energy 101 Solar radiation is light – also known as
Energy-efficient window retrofit for high-rise residential buildings …
Sustainability 2019, 11, 6473 2 of 19 Notably, China is the world''s largest energy consumer generally, second largest for all buildings and largest for residential buildings [12]. The total building stocks in China was estimated to be around 44 billion m2 by the end of 2005 [13], which should have increased to over 50 billion m2 in 2010 and ...
Benefits of Solar Energy to Buildings
The solar energy source of power had previously been converted and captured into usable energy through different methods; it became a viable source of power for devices over some time. And many available solar panels in the market today can convert 20 percent efficiency of sunlight to solar energy, and the number of efficiencies is constantly on the rise.
Application of Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Technologies in Buildings ...
Buildings account for a significant proportion of total energy consumption. The integration of renewable energy sources is essential to reducing energy demand and achieve sustainable building design. The use of solar energy has great potential for promoting energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of energy consumption in buildings. This …
Use of Renewable Energy in Buildings
Owing to factors such as high living standards and digitalization, energy use is growing. However, the proportion of renewable energy sources is also rising in all energy consumption. Given this use of renewable energy, global warming and environmental issues are still rising. Fossil-based energy species are more polluting and resource-stricken than others. …
(PDF) Energy Consumption in Residential Buildings: …
The final goal of this research is to reduce energy requirements of residential buildings sector to save energy and reduce carbon emission. A medium size residential building in the city of ...
Building-Integrated Photovoltaics Can Lead to Net …
BIPV technology can be applied to almost any built structure, such as high-rise buildings, stadiums, residential homes, bus stops, greenhouses, sidewalks, noise barriers, and much more. The...
Assessing the Solar Radiation Quantity of High-Rise Residential …
With the development of energy-saving and emission-reduction, solar energy as a clean energy with excellent characteristics has bright prospects for development and application in residential environment with high energy consumption. With the intensification of land use, there are more and more high-rise residential areas in the city. If the residential construction …
Solar Design: How Architecture and Energy Come Together
Solar design encompassed ideas of light and passive approaches, and more recently, to operational and structural embodied energy. Creating energy-efficient buildings has …
How Solar Panels Generate Electricity: In-Depth Explanation
The architecture of a solar panel Solar panels are made up of rows of solar cells or photovoltaic cells.The cells are flat, square structures constructed of glass and silicon layers with dimensions of between 0.5 and 6 square inches. There are other types of solar cells that have different architectures, but for the sake of this article we will focus on PV cells as they are the most …
Techno-economic design optimization of hybrid renewable energy ...
Several studies have been conducted on multi-objective design optimization of hybrid wind-solar systems in urban or rural residential buildings or communities [25][26][27][28] [29] [30][31 ...
Solar energy integration in buildings
Solar energy applications in buildings. Solar photovoltaic and/or solar collector products can integrate with building envelopes to form building integrated photovoltaic/thermal …
Energy planning of renewable applications in high-rise residential ...
For the grid-connected scenario, Liu et al. [21] studied a robust energy planning approach for a hybrid PV and wind energy system in a high-rise residential building that incorporates battery and ...
Building-Integrated Photovoltaics Technology for the Facades of …
The article deals with innovative and promising design of energy-efficient envelopes of high-rise buildings. The aim of the research is to study modern technologies and …
High-rise Residential Building Enclosure: Adaptive Strategies for …
Principal Investigator: D. Chad MCKEE (PI), Simos YANNAS (Co-I) Funding body: HKU Department of Architecture, The Architectural Association School of Architecture – Energy & Environment Studies Programme Abstract The High-rise Residential Building Enclosure research agenda quantifies environmental parameters affecting the vertical climatology of high-rise …
Accelerating Net-Zero High-Rise Residential Buildings in Australia ...
Yet these buildings are typically more energy-intensive than low-rise housing, and their height and form creates challenges for reducing their emissions footprint. Can we realise the twin imperative for compact and sustainable cities? net-zero high-rise residential
The influence of building envelope design on the thermal comfort …
The influence of building envelope design on the thermal comfort of high-rise residential buildings in Hong Kong Yu Ting Kwok1,*, Kevin Ka-Lun Lau2,3,4, Edward Yan Yung Ng1,2,3 1 School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2 Institute of Future Cities, The Chinese University of Hong Kong ...
(PDF) High‐rise residential building ventilation in cold …
Ventilation system performance in high‐rise multi‐unit residential buildings (MURBs) has a significant impact on resident wellbeing. While the importance of ventilation is well ...
Feasibility of net zero energy high rise apartment buildings in ...
In assessing the feasibility of Net zero high-rise residential buildings, findings from this study suggests that existing building technologies in combination with passive design …
Ten buildings that incorporate solar panels in unusual ways
A moving wall that evokes a sailing ship and a roof canopy modelled on a banana tree feature in this roundup, which collects 10 buildings that challenge conventional ways of fitting solar panels ...
Application of Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal …
The use of solar energy has great potential for promoting energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of energy consumption in buildings. This study examines the applications of photovoltaic and solar …
Potential application of a centralized solar water-heating system …
Plant simulation, Renewable energy, Solar thermal collector, Solar water-heating SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy Fingerprint ... Potential application of a centralized solar water-heating system for a high-rise residential building in Hong Kong. / Chow, T. T. ...
Energy Efficient Windows for Mid
the different types of windows used in mid- and high-rise residential applications. 1. Comply with Energy Code Requirements Most jurisdictions base their building energy code on the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). Residential buildings higher
The Rise of Solar Energy in Singapore: A Comprehensive Guide
Why Are Singaporeans Considering Installing Solar Panels? According to the latest sources from EMA, there has been a whopping 7,698 within just the first 6 months of 2023, which is already approximately 16% more than that in 2022 (6,635). Out of the 7,698 ...
A review of approaches to low-carbon transition of high-rise ...
Yu Wang, Dasaraden Mauree, Qie Sun, Haiyang Lin, Jean-Louis Scartezzini, and Ronald Wennersten. 2020. "A review of approaches to low-carbon transition of high-rise residential buildings in China." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 131, October 2020, Pp. 109990.
Potential application of a centralized solar water-heating s
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Solar Design: How Architecture and Energy Come Together
via Creative Commons The California Building Standards Commission has approved a new rule starting in 2020 that requires all new homes built in the state to include solar panels. As the first of ...