RS14171 : Construction Design Of Energy Efficient Building

1. Provision of the houses with efficient energy, innovative and cost-effective, with reference to the taste of the customers.

2.To use the natural sources of energy and the renewable sources of energy to provide energy to the houses thereby avoiding the national energy crisis

3. Safe house provision hence enables the resistance of heat, temperature, severe weather and other natural calamities (Ding, 2016).

1. Solar energy has to be used in the warming and heating of the water during the day.

2. The installation of the LED light and those of the PV are to be done on the quick areas to prevent more consumption of the energy.

3. Most of the household appliances are required to have five-star energy rating devices with the energy saving ability to help in the reduction of the power consumption (Cole, 2017).

4. Watering of the garden is to be done from the rainwater that is stored in the rain tanks during the rainy sessions.

5. During the design of the building, the natural ventilation has to be factored in to provide proper ventilation within the house (Gann, 2011).

6. Construction of the building will be made by the use of the reinforced cement enable the building to have a stronger foundation that can prevent destruction by the earthquakes.

7. The building should be fitted with the balcony and a small garden on the roof that will help in the provision of fresh air into the room (Pérez-Lombard, 2018).

                               

3. Detailed design and development

There are no environmental impacts by the building that have less operation cost, less natural resources usage and have high energy efficiency with less energy consumption. There is the difference in the designing of the modern houses compared to those of the traditional one. This is based on the process of the design, construction techniques and the techniques of the renovation. The designing approach of the building has to incorporate the current and the accurate technology with high energy efficiency, the building materials should be evaluated in order to meet the preference of the environment and the understanding of the case base analysis for the strategies of the design that has greater influence on the particular area of the building (Markus, 2016).

Energy design is the most factors that determine the building architecture design. The incorporation of the passive solar technology should be done to help in the reduction of the mechanical and electrical system capacity thus improving the requirement of the conditioning and the lighting loads.to prevent the lack of meeting the design goals of the building, a re-evaluation should be done through simulation before implementation. The development of the energy efficiency and buildings with higher performance has greatly increased. This green design has been obtained by the industrial construction agencies thereby moving from the planning stage to the industrial construction. LEED rating standards are what is relied on by the most of the developers, urban planners, and many others as the guidelines in the construction of the green buildings. Different measurements are taken into account when dealing with building design and construction. These measures include proper selection of the site of construction and the orientation of the building allowing for the passive solar heat gain by the newly constructed building. Some of the techniques that are used in the reduction of the net metering are the solar water pre-heater, active solar space pre-heating system (Eastman, 2018).

Minimizing of the unwanted solar heat gain and the usage natural heat maximization is the focus of the building with the higher energy efficiency. To achieve these goals, the following measurement has to be taken into consideration (Seeley, 2013).

                                                   

3.1 The technology of designing the passive solar

The technique offsets need for gas since it takes advantage of the solar heat and light. This, therefore, prevents the usage of the electric heater, air conditioners, and lighting systems. These are unique systems that are different from the normal photovoltaic solar panels that normally aid in the transformation of the light energy into electricity.

The example of the passive solar tactics is the building orientation of the south-facing that aids in the absorption and storage of the energy obtained from the solar. The mechanism is designed in such a way that during winter seasons it stores energy but during the summer seasons, it deflects the solar lights (Fisk, 2012).

3.2 Thermal storage

The installation of the thermal storage can be done in several ways. Strategic window placement and day lighting design are some of the common use strategies in the thermal storage. Other strategies include the provision of heat gain by shading of the glass, use of the materials that are light colored or the roof and the building envelops painting and scape of the land inappropriate way. Their strategies for the shading include the tress, the awnings that are removable and other vegetables.  

There can be a combination of the passive solar system with the solar heat storing Trombe walls and concrete to enable the heat absorption, storage of the heat absorbed and later release of this heat in the building. During the winter seasons, a south facing building will be able to absorb solar energy considering the angle at which the solar ray reaches the earth; this is due to the overhang that enables the absorption of the energy from the sun. The shading of the building is done by the overhang during the summer seasons to help in the elimination of the heat gain leading to the improvement of the use of air conditioner within the building (Hall, 2015).

3.3 Strategy of cooling

The combination of the passive cooling strategy and that of the thermal technique will prevent the absorption of the heat thereby minimizing the heavy air conditioning during the summer seasons where the consumption of the electricity by the air conditioning is high. This technique involves the ventilation, fan fitted ant the ceilings and the systems of the heat pumps. The removal of the heat from the room can be done by this system without involvement of the conventional system for the air conditioning.

4. System test, evaluation & validation and optimization

The building construction was completed and a test was done on it. The regulation of the temperature and the addition of the oxygen into the atmosphere were majorly done by the concept of the installation of the gardens on top of the building. The reinforced cement concrete is used in the construction to enable the building to be stronger and firm so as to be able to resist earthquakes and other natural calamities. The resources that are used to start the operation of the system are known as the system operation requirements. Some of the materials that are required to start the construction of the building with the high energy efficiency are solar panels, the rods, cement, batteries raw materials and many more (Kats, 2013).

5. Research skill

To design and construct energy efficient building, a good research needs to be done on the appliances that consume less power with high efficiency. The research also covered the effective utilization of the natural resources as a result of the healthy atmosphere is supported by good and friendly environment and the energy efficiency. Combining of the passive solar system with the solar heat storing Trombe walls and concrete to enable the heat absorption, storage of the heat absorbed and later release of this heat in the building is some of the areas that were critically researched on. These findings were based on the previous data and statistics in the libraries. Research was done by finding out on how to regulate the temperature and the addition of the oxygen into the atmosphere, majorly done by the concept of the installation of the gardens on top of the building.

6. Evaluation and conclusion

During the implementation of the construction project with regards to the energy efficient there are balancing of the performance of the economy, social performance and the environmental performance. The suitable building is the best in the modern world since it can cab rise of the population within a country. The development of the building that is environmental friendly is based on the resource efficiency, cost efficiency and the designs that are adaptable to the homes. The regulation of the temperature and the addition of the oxygen into the atmosphere is majorly done by the concept of the installation of the gardens on top of the building. The environmental degradation is minimized by the elimination of the use of diesel, coal, petrol and other natural gases hence there is improving in the use of the solar energy that is environmentally friendly. The effective utilization of the natural resources as a result of the healthy atmosphere is supported by good and friendly environment and the energy efficiency. This project deals with the identification of the problems that affect individual within the home state and finding the possible solutions for the same. During the winter seasons, a south facing building will be able to absorb solar energy considering the angle at which the solar ray reaches the earth; this is due to the overhang that enables the absorption of the energy from the sun. The shading of the building is done by the overhang during the summer seasons to help in the elimination of the heat gain leading to the improvement of the use of air conditioner within the building. The reduction of the carbon gases in the atmosphere is maintained by the proper ventilation of the room. Ventilation is ensured by the fan fitted ant the ceilings and the systems of the heat pumps. The removal of the heat from the room can be done by this system without involvement of the conventional system for the air conditioning. This carbon emission can lead to the depletion of the ozone layer that will, in turn, lead to the climate change hence affecting the suitability of the construction. The construction of the water storage is very important since it helps in the reduction of the workload from the natural water resources. Passive solar technology should be done to help in the reduction of the mechanical and electrical system capacity thus improving the requirement of the conditioning and the lighting loads (Bribián, 2011).

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