Traditional houses energy optimization using passive strategies

Radha, Chro Hama (2018) Traditional houses energy optimization using passive strategies. Pollack Periodica, 13 (2). pp. 185-194. ISSN 1788-1994

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Abstract

Energy efficiency and reduction of a building’s environmental impact are the major priorities of the energy and environmental policy worldwide. The passive strategy is one of the most effective strategies for energy efficiency and thermal comfort either in newly built or in retrofitting existing buildings. This study investigated energy and comfort optimization in a typical traditional house in Sulaimani city in Iraq, through analyzing, investigating, and improving energy efficiency using passive strategies. Several strategies for improvement were investigated, including window-to-wall ratio, thermal insulation, infiltration, natural ventilation, shading, and form compact. The total convenient passive strategies for the residential building typology was summarized and proposed as an optimal solution model in terms of energy efficiency and thermal comfort. An optimization model was presented and the results were compared with the reference model. The results revealed that the optimum model performed better 34% than the existing traditional model in term of energy consumption.

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