Courtyard Housing in Midrise Building An Environmental Assessment in Hot-Arid Climate

This study is an evaluation of the environmental impacts of courtyard integration in midrise housing in the hot-arid climate of Dubai, The United Arab Emirates. A computer simulation (IES 6.0) is utilized to measure selected parameters: thermal analysis, solar shading, daylighting and airflow patter...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Al Masri, Nada Rafic (author)
منشور في: 2010
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author Al Masri, Nada Rafic
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dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2010-03
2013-05-21T08:17:23Z
2013-05-21T08:17:23Z
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http://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/117
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dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv The British University in Dubai (BUiD)
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv courtyard housing
midrise building
environmental assessment
hot-arid climate
environmental impacts
United Arab Emirates (UAE|)
thermal analysis
solar shading
daylighting
energy efficiency
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Courtyard Housing in Midrise Building An Environmental Assessment in Hot-Arid Climate
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description This study is an evaluation of the environmental impacts of courtyard integration in midrise housing in the hot-arid climate of Dubai, The United Arab Emirates. A computer simulation (IES 6.0) is utilized to measure selected parameters: thermal analysis, solar shading, daylighting and airflow patterns, and primarily to determine the overall energy reduction. This study is carried out in three steps: The first step, a comparison of conventional and courtyard models is carried out in six-storey buildings. The second step, a courtyard building is studied to determine design optimum parameters in which one variable changes at a time when all other remain constant according to a suggested prototype model (reference model), and the third step compares it again to the conventional model. The first step concludes a reduction of 6.9% energy for the courtyard model. The second step concludes that the optimum design parameters for a courtyard model is achieved with ten-storey height, triple-glazed opening, 40 cm-thick wall and 10-cm thick Cellular Polyurethane insulation material. The third step achieves 11.16% total energy use reduction for six-storey courtyard model with the optimum parameters. Finally, the study suggests guidelines and recommendations for efficient courtyard designs for midrise buildings. Furthermore, it extends recommendations of configurations to other different climates, besides the hot arid, in order to overcome the limitations of the proposed model.
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spelling Courtyard Housing in Midrise Building An Environmental Assessment in Hot-Arid ClimateAl Masri, Nada Raficcourtyard housingmidrise buildingenvironmental assessmenthot-arid climateenvironmental impactsUnited Arab Emirates (UAE|)thermal analysissolar shadingdaylightingenergy efficiencyThis study is an evaluation of the environmental impacts of courtyard integration in midrise housing in the hot-arid climate of Dubai, The United Arab Emirates. A computer simulation (IES 6.0) is utilized to measure selected parameters: thermal analysis, solar shading, daylighting and airflow patterns, and primarily to determine the overall energy reduction. This study is carried out in three steps: The first step, a comparison of conventional and courtyard models is carried out in six-storey buildings. The second step, a courtyard building is studied to determine design optimum parameters in which one variable changes at a time when all other remain constant according to a suggested prototype model (reference model), and the third step compares it again to the conventional model. The first step concludes a reduction of 6.9% energy for the courtyard model. The second step concludes that the optimum design parameters for a courtyard model is achieved with ten-storey height, triple-glazed opening, 40 cm-thick wall and 10-cm thick Cellular Polyurethane insulation material. The third step achieves 11.16% total energy use reduction for six-storey courtyard model with the optimum parameters. Finally, the study suggests guidelines and recommendations for efficient courtyard designs for midrise buildings. Furthermore, it extends recommendations of configurations to other different climates, besides the hot arid, in order to overcome the limitations of the proposed model.The British University in Dubai (BUiD)2013-05-21T08:17:23Z2013-05-21T08:17:23Z2010-03Dissertationapplication/pdf60073http://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/117enoai:bspace.buid.ac.ae:1234/1172021-10-18T12:14:27Z
spellingShingle Courtyard Housing in Midrise Building An Environmental Assessment in Hot-Arid Climate
Al Masri, Nada Rafic
courtyard housing
midrise building
environmental assessment
hot-arid climate
environmental impacts
United Arab Emirates (UAE|)
thermal analysis
solar shading
daylighting
energy efficiency
title Courtyard Housing in Midrise Building An Environmental Assessment in Hot-Arid Climate
title_full Courtyard Housing in Midrise Building An Environmental Assessment in Hot-Arid Climate
title_fullStr Courtyard Housing in Midrise Building An Environmental Assessment in Hot-Arid Climate
title_full_unstemmed Courtyard Housing in Midrise Building An Environmental Assessment in Hot-Arid Climate
title_short Courtyard Housing in Midrise Building An Environmental Assessment in Hot-Arid Climate
title_sort Courtyard Housing in Midrise Building An Environmental Assessment in Hot-Arid Climate
topic courtyard housing
midrise building
environmental assessment
hot-arid climate
environmental impacts
United Arab Emirates (UAE|)
thermal analysis
solar shading
daylighting
energy efficiency
url http://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/117