Energy consumption has gained tremendous attention in the purpose of finding alternative reduction methods. One of these methods is the installation of shutters on the external side of the windows to deteriorate the effect of outdoor conditions. The aim of this paper is to assess the effect of shutter placement on windows in terms of energy savings for different shutter positions in hot and humid climates such as in Saudi Arabia. An EnergyPlus simulation has been conducted on a typical residential building abiding by the Saudi Arabian construction standards with a Window-to-Wall Ratio (WWR) of 13.5% to find its thermal energy demand. The simulation has been validated with results from literature. Upon the validation of the results, a case study of the same villa but with different WWRs was conducted to extrapolate the usefulness of shutter placement into larger residential spaces for different shutter positions ranging from fully-open to fully-deployed. Results have shown that 74.4% and 79.1% reductions in total annual energy demands could be achieved for the cases of 20% and 30% WWRs, respectively, when the shutter is fully-depoloyed.
Citation: 2nd Intl Conf: Efficient Bldg Design
Product Details
- Published:
- 2016
- Number of Pages:
- 6
- Units of Measure:
- Dual
- File Size:
- 1 file , 590 KB
- Product Code(s):
- D-ICEB16-02
