The Influence of Surrounding Tall Buildings on Increasing Energy Use in BRI II Tower Jakarta

Abstract

Jakarta has many tall buildings with office functions. This high-rise office building has been built since the 1970s and is still used today. This long-used building will experience a decrease in performance so that the high use of energy in the building, especially air conditioning and have an impact on increasing temperature on the environment. Retrofit is one way to improve building performance and reduce environmental impact. This study aims to take into account the influence of the environment on energy use as input for retrofitting. With retrofits carried out on a large number of high-rise office buildings, it is expected to reduce the impact of heat on the environment so as to support the Sustainable Development Goals on affordable and clean energy and climate action. With the simulation method using energy plus software, environmental influences will be simulated on the addition of heat that occurs in buildings.