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The Effect of Window to Wall Ratio on Energy Performance of High-Rise Office Buildings Across the Egyptian Climate Regions

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Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

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Architecture Engineering and the Engineering Architectural Interior Design.

Abstract

Due to innovations in construction technology and increasing land prices, the number of high-rise buildings has increased dramatically. These buildings are known for their high energy consumption, which caused by many factors including architectural and operational factors. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC) is one of the operational factors which led to intensive energy consumption. In the light of the global energy crises along with advanced simulation tools, architects have been motivated to improve the energy performance of buildings through controlling design parameters. This research discusses the impact of Window to Wall Ratio (WWR), as an important parameter of building's envelope design, on the total annual energy consumption of high-rise office buildings. It aims to determine the optimal WWR in terms of energy performance across the Egyptian different climatic regions. Many related previous works, in different climates, have been reviewed in order to theoretically extract the variables employed in this work. According to the review, nine WWR ranging from 10% to 90% in two shapes, square and rectangular, were adopted to be modeled using the DesignBuilder simulation tool. The proposed models were simulated within seven Egyptian cities (Alexandria, Cairo, Minya, Assiut, Hurghada, El-Kharga, and Aswan) representing the seven classified climatic regions in Egypt. The findings revealed that the optimal WWR is (20%) for the rectangular shape and (20-30%) for the square shape across all Egyptian cities. The energy conservation ranged between (53.3- 60.8%) and (41-49%) in the rectangular and square models, respectively, in comparison to the worst case

DOI

10.21608/jesaun.2021.97437.1078

Keywords

High-rise office buildings, Window to wall ratio, Energy performance, Egyptian climate regions

Authors

First Name

Gehad

Last Name

Hanafy

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Affiliation

Assistant lecturer, PhD student, Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Minya University, Egypt

Email

gehad_ahmed@mu.edu.eg

City

Minya

Orcid

0000-0003-3737-5116

First Name

Mohanad

Last Name

El-Agami

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Professor, Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Egypt

Email

mohannad.agmy@mu.edu.eg

City

Minya

Orcid

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First Name

Medhat

Last Name

Osman

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Assistant professor, Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Egypt

Email

medhat.osman@mu.edu.eg

City

Minya

Orcid

0000-0002-1828-4369

Volume

50

Article Issue

1

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29242

Issue Date

2022-01-01

Receive Date

2021-09-22

Publish Date

2022-01-01

Page Start

26

Page End

40

Print ISSN

1687-0530

Online ISSN

2356-8550

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https://jesaun.journals.ekb.eg/article_199660.html

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Research Paper

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1,438

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Publication Title

JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences

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https://jesaun.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Effect of Window to Wall Ratio on Energy Performance of High-Rise Office Buildings Across the Egyptian Climate Regions

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Created At

23 Jan 2023