Evaluation of energy efficient building envelope alternatives for sustainable cities

Authors : Alper BALO, Serhat KARYEYEN

Pages : 131-150

Doi:10.58559/ijes.1219774

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Publication Date : 2023-06-23

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study is aimed to create an exemplary project to present the contribution of the new buildings to energy savings when the residential buildings are transformed into green buildings. To create a sustainable built environment in residences, this study emphasizes that low-energy building strategies be combined with efficient and high-performance natural-sourced materials. Our findings show that using a natural-sourced material as the building envelope material has an impact on the use of primary energy and energy costs of the alternatives studied. In this study; In the case of replacing the building external wall components of an existing construction designed with internal insulation in the climatic conditions of Ankara, the change in energy performance has been investigated. The analysis was done with the help of BIM-based Revit Program and “Green buildings studio” where energy simulations were created. In the study, 54 different wall combinations were created by modeling combinations of different construction insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(porous, gas concrete, and pumice bricks);, insulation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(glass wool, rock wool, sheep wool, PUR, XPS, and EPS); and, roof insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(tile, asphalt shingle, and green roof); materials. When the outputs obtained from the analyzes were evaluated, the lowest energy consumption values were observed in the combination of pumice brick wall, green roof, and polyurethane insulation materials. In this scenario, the annual fuel consumption per square meter is determined as 30000.6 MJ/m2. On the other hand, the highest energy consumption values were observed in the combination of porous brick wall, tile roof and sheep wool insulation materials. In this scenario, the annual energy consumption per square meter is determined as 30026.6 MJ/m2. Although there are not high numerical differences between the findings, it has been observed that the results give consistent results with the thermal conductivity coefficients of the materials used in the combinations.
Keywords : Revit, BIM, Green buildings studio, Green building, Energy performance