Energy consumption anlysis in serbian building based on the some principles of passive solar design

Abstract

Nowadays, building energy consumption is up to 40 % of total energy consumption in the modern world. Energy efficient building design strategies are related to active and passive use of solar energy, among the other things. Passive strategies provide thermal and visual comfort by using natural energy sources. Implementation of solar passive techniques in a building design provides the load minimization of conventional systems such as heating, cooling, ventilation (HVAC) and light. This paper presents an analysis of the possibilities for reducing heating energy consumption in residential building, using some principle of solar passive building design. Energy analysis of Serbian passive building was carried out in EnergyPlus environment, while Open Studio plug-in in Google SketchUp was used for passive solar building design. The obtained results showed significantly lower energy consumption in passive solar building, compared to the traditional building.