Waseem, Hafiz Muhammad <br/><br/>
Effectiveness of passive design measures under future climate change for residential building in a humid subtropical region / 
Hafiz Muhammad Waseem 
 - 66p.  Soft Copy  30cm 
<br/><br/> Subtropical regions have suffered from the severe effects of climate change over the past few<br/>decades. To counteract the rising ambient temperature, indoor cooling demands have also risen.<br/>The high annual energy consumption of buildings is often offset by the adoption of passive cooling<br/>strategies, which are adapted to preserve indoor comfort. Passive design measures (PDM) are<br/>crucial in reducing buildings' annual energy consumption. Its continued efficacy in the face of<br/>future climate change, however, depends critically on the careful selection of appropriate passive<br/>design measures. This research simulates the effects of five passive design measures (front green<br/>wall, ventilation 24 hours, window louvers, combination of window louvers and overhangs, and<br/>C8 which is the combination of front green wall, night ventilation, and shading devices) for a house<br/>in the subtropical city Islamabad. Energy simulations are computed for typical metrological/base<br/>year as well as future weather files for 2050 and 2080. Results reveal that the combination of a<br/>front green wall (FGW), shading, and night ventilation (C8) has the maximum capacity to reduce<br/>the effect of future energy consumption. As the climatic conditions get more extreme in the future,<br/>C8 gives more effective results. C8’s annual energy consumption results reduces by 25%, 27%,<br/>and 30% when compared to non-passive results of TMY, 2050, and 2080 weather files<br/>respectively. Whereas, the effect of ventilation decreases, as it provides a 5.8%, 3%, and 2.7%<br/>decrease in annual mean energy consumption when compared with non-passive results of TMY,<br/>2050, and 2080 results respectively. In the last section, the impact of different components of the<br/>most optimum PDM combination was also analyzed. Optimum values of leaf area index, louvers<br/>blade width & thickness & shading area all contributes to give overall better results. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>MS Mechanical Engineering      
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621