Energy Saving Architecture Concept: Buildings with Low Energy Consumption and Emissions in Kyrgyzstan

Abstract

The adopted concept and examples of energy-saving architecture were the basis for improving the energy efficiency and thermal microclimate conditions of the building, reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. The appropriate location, shape, orientation, and dimensions of the building, its rooms, and enclosures, especially windows, and doors, are determined. The daily, seasonal, and year-round effects on the building of renewable energies of incoming solar radiation and the environment – the energy of outdoor air, base soil, wind, sky, and surfaces facing the building are considered. Buildings with small thermal envelope surfaces in a form of a national Kyrgyz yurt and a sphere have no architectural thermal bridges that cause microclimate disturbance and mold growth. The straw bale solar passive building has a similar performance to the Nearly Zero Energy building and the Green Building. It has minimal energy consumption, CO2 emissions, embodied energy, and a low carbon footprint of used straw bales, wood frames, and clay plasterwords.