TY - GEN
T1 - Strategies for an environment friendly low energy retrofitting of a health care facility in the hot climate of UAE
AU - Anissa. Tabet Aoul, Kheira
AU - Hassan, Ahmed
AU - El Syed, Fatma
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright: CEPT University, Center for Advanced Research in Building Science & Energy, Ahmedabad First Published 2014.All rights reserved.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The existing building stock in the United Arab Emirates finds it more difficult to compete with the new more environmental friendly and energy efficient buildings and do not fit into the country's vision of sustainability. Even if all new building have zero CO2 emissions, the older inefficient building stock will cause the CO2 emissions levels to remain unacceptably high which, means older building stock needs to adapt to environment friendly energy efficient measures. The current research focuses on the green retrofitting strategies of an existing building in the hot and arid climate of the UAE. The study examines the existing building envelope of Latifa hospital using the energy simulation software e-QUEST. Using the simulation model, the building behavior was predicted for the retrofitting strategies of thermal insulations, window to wall ratios, wind types, ventilation fans and types of HVAC system to achieve optimal retrofitting of the building.
AB - The existing building stock in the United Arab Emirates finds it more difficult to compete with the new more environmental friendly and energy efficient buildings and do not fit into the country's vision of sustainability. Even if all new building have zero CO2 emissions, the older inefficient building stock will cause the CO2 emissions levels to remain unacceptably high which, means older building stock needs to adapt to environment friendly energy efficient measures. The current research focuses on the green retrofitting strategies of an existing building in the hot and arid climate of the UAE. The study examines the existing building envelope of Latifa hospital using the energy simulation software e-QUEST. Using the simulation model, the building behavior was predicted for the retrofitting strategies of thermal insulations, window to wall ratios, wind types, ventilation fans and types of HVAC system to achieve optimal retrofitting of the building.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85024895377
T3 - 30th International PLEA Conference: Sustainable Habitat for Developing Societies: Choosing the Way Forward - Proceedings
SP - 524
EP - 531
BT - 30th International PLEA Conference
A2 - Rawal, Rajan
A2 - Manu, Sanyogita
A2 - Khadpekar, Nirmala
PB - CEPT University Press
T2 - 30th International on Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference - Sustainable Habitat for Developing Societies: Choosing the Way Forward, PLEA 2014
Y2 - 16 December 2014 through 18 December 2014
ER -