Abstract
Saving energy is a high priority in developing countries and several energy-efficient initiatives are being introduced for that purpose. The residential sector is responsible for a big part of the world's energy usage; most of this energy is used in heating, cooling, and artificial ventilation systems. The residential sector in Amman consumes more than 21% of the annual energy consumption, meanwhile multi-family residential apartments occupy more than 60% of that sector. With a view on developing energy-efficient structures, this study provides an overview of building design criteria that can reduce the energy demand for heating and cooling of multi-family apartment residential buildings. These criteria are based on the adoption of suitable parameters for the orientation of the building, shape, envelope system, use of insulation materials, passive heating and cooling mechanisms, setting of cooling and heating thermostat, lighting, and window's ratio and glazing. This experiment measures the effect of these criteria on overall energy demand that reviewed and recommended the best design choices. This is beneficial for professionals in the design phase of energy-efficient multi-family residential buildings and decisions makers. The methodology that is used in the study was represented in field observation and surveys, besides, to use design-builder as a simulation tool to test the assumptions and the design strategies, the results indicate that a 6cm polystyrene insulated walls and roof for a north/west middle floor apartment and WWR ranges from 25 to 30% of double bronze glass will affect greatly in the energy demand.Keywords: energy-efficiency, multi-family residential apartment, design strategiesJEL Classification: Q2DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11394
Highlights
The quality of the modern lifestyle depends mainly on modern appliances and electronic devices, which cause an increase in electrical consumption demands (Al-Hinti and Al-Sallami, 2017)
Buildings’ energy requirement consumes around 40% of the total energy consumption in the world and the electricity used in buildings produces onethird of the greenhouse gas emissions around the world (Taleb and Sharples, 2011)
Energy demand is rising due to population increase, heat increases, and losses that are responsible for high-energy usage in the building envelope (Bataineh and Alrabee, 2018)
Summary
The quality of the modern lifestyle depends mainly on modern appliances and electronic devices, which cause an increase in electrical consumption demands (Al-Hinti and Al-Sallami, 2017). Energy demand is rising due to population increase, heat increases, and losses that are responsible for high-energy usage in the building envelope (Bataineh and Alrabee, 2018). Multi-family residential apartment buildings in Jordan account for 21% of overall power generation consumption and 43% of final electricity usage (Household Survey MEMR, 2013) as documented in previous studies, more than 60% of household energy consumption is used for space heating and cooling (AlHinti and Al-Sallami, 2017) Figure 1 illustrate the distribution of electric power consumption in Jordan distributed on the main sectors (Electric et al, 2018). Population growth, and the increase in living conditions all lead to rising residential energy demands
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