Abstract
Likelihood of Reaching Zero Energy Building Design in Hot Dry Climate: Saudi Arabia
Highlights
The Stockholm agreement in 1972 emerged with a set of global criteria aspiring to promote and apply the principle of sustainable development, in particular the continuous development and exploitation of clean and renewable resources without prejudicing the needs of future generations [1,2,3]
This ensures that the study of Zero Energy Building (ZEB) viability across Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) depends on an assessment of the climatic conditions in the country
Since the Kingdom lacks sufficient research in this area, this current study aims to provide decision makers and engineers with various optimal solutions for meeting ZEB requirements across KSA
Summary
The Stockholm agreement in 1972 emerged with a set of global criteria aspiring to promote and apply the principle of sustainable development, in particular the continuous development and exploitation of clean and renewable resources without prejudicing the needs of future generations [1,2,3]. Since buildings have become the main consumer of natural resources [5], many studies have been undertaken into ways of reducing this impact This has led to serious steps in rethinking about the design and operation of future buildings [6, 8]. As part of addressing this issue, KSA has implemented the Saudi Green Construction Code (SBC-1001) [16] and the Mostadam Rating System for Residential Buildings to ensure energy efficiency in the construction sector [17]. Enhancing building energy efficiency, the academic and scientific community has paid little attention to ZEBs. the present study attempts to determine the various strategies and techniques to design the zero energy residential buildings under the hot and dry climatic condition of KSA
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