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... functional spaces of the building are distributed at three levels; the public ones at the ground level, the private ones at the higher levels. All primary functions are concentrated in the centre enveloped through a peripheral ramp. In taking advantage of the high visibility of the high-way the design remains consciously geometrically neutral, Fig. ...
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... παραγωγή ενέργειας κ.λπ.). Η τρίτη ασχολείται με την ελαχιστοποίηση του οικολογικού αποτυπώματος του κτιρίου [16][17][18]. ...
Το παρόν εγχειρίδιο στοχεύει στην απλοποίηση της διεπιστημονικής διαδικασίας σχεδιασμού και την παρουσίαση ενός roadmap, το οποίο θα χρησιμοποιηθεί ως εργαλείο σχεδιασμού για τη βιώσιμη κτιριακή ενσωμάτωση ενεργητικών ηλιακών συστημάτων (Building Integrated Solar Thermal Systems - BISTS, Building Integrated Photovoltaic Systems - BIPVs).
Η διαδικασία που παρουσιάζεται ξεκινά με μια βιβλιογραφική ανασκόπηση ως προς τον τρόπο με τον οποίο διάφοροι μελετητές / ερευνητές ενσωμάτωσαν ενεργητικά ηλιακά συστήματα σε κτίρια τα οποία χρησιμοποιήθηκαν ως περιπτωσιολογικές μελέτες.
Η προτεινόμενη μεθοδολογία είναι η εξέλιξη της ερευνητικής δουλειάς του συγγραφέα και των συνεργατών του, και στοχεύει στην ανάπτυξη ενός καινοτόμου εγχειριδίου, στο οποίο αναλύεται η σχεδιαστική διαδρομή που πρέπει να ακολουθείται από τα αρχικά στάδια της διαδικασίας αρχιτεκτονικού σχεδιασμού, όταν στο κτίριο θα ενσωματωθούν ενεργητικά ηλιακά συστήματα. Συγκεκριμένα, με βάση την παραπάνω έρευνα, προέκυψε μια σχεδιαστική στρατηγική η οποία βασίζεται σε πέντε στάδια με την πλήρη ανάλυση του καθενός, και τη δημιουργία ενός ολοκληρωμένου σχεδιαστικού εργαλείου. Η ανάπτυξή του αποτελεί μια μεθοδολογία, την οποία μπορούν να ακολουθήσουν μηχανικοί και ερευνητές για την κτιριακή ενσωμάτωση τέτοιων συστημάτων.
... Students can experience the tangible improvements to the building envelope of classrooms and they can learn how to support energy savings and indoor air quality through https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2019.100917 Received 18 February 2019; Received in revised form 5 August 2019; Accepted 6 August 2019 responsible user behaviour [15,16]. It should be noted that classrooms in Southern European countries are traditionally naturally ventilated, since natural ventilation consists an effective passive strategy for the cooling period [17]. ...
Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the indoor comfort conditions in a typical classroom of a secondary school in Cyprus and explore the impact of natural ventilation on both thermal comfort and air quality. Natural ventilation is a significant parameter in the design of school premises as it affects human comfort conditions and thus students’ health, learning ability and performance. For the purposes of the study, indoor and outdoor environmental conditions were monitored. Various ventilation strategies and window opening patterns were examined, in order to identify the best option to exploit natural ventilation as a means to achieve optimum air quality, especially during wintertime. The in-situ measurements of temperature and relative humidity were analysed in correlation with CO2 levels. The measurements indicate values that often exceed the limits defined by standards. Moreover, the study shows that selected ventilation patterns, and window opening patterns, allow the improvement of air quality with minimum heat losses in wintertime. Conclusions present potential improvements in achieving better air quality and thermal comfort conditions. Educational buildings in Cyprus may utilize the proposed improvements, as well as other similar buildings in the Eastern Mediterranean region, with climatic conditions and building typologies as those described in the Cypriot setting.
... The first two differ in their approach to the subject, since the first deals with passive issues (e.g., geometry, orientation, placements) and the second with energy issues (e.g., energy production). The third tries to deal with the minimisation of the building's ecological footprint [22][23][24]. ...
This paper aims to simplify the interdisciplinary design process that will be used as a design tool for the viable integration of active solar energy systems into buildings, i.e., Building-Integrated Solar Thermal Systems-BISTSs; Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems-BIPVSs, through the creation of a roadmap. The research also aims supplement the work of researchers who have dealt with the creation of design tools that aim to optimise a specific aspect of a building design, or their geometric forms, in order to shape energy-efficient and sustainable architectural solutions. More specifically, a prescriptive design strategy is derived from the proposed design tool. This is based on five design steps, each of which is analysed and which lead to the creation of a comprehensive design tool for siting buildings so as to optimise the integration of solar systems. The originality of this tool is based on the fact that it makes an important step in the standardisation of these studies.
... The RES systems will be enhanced with enabling technologies offering the benefits of smart digitalised home solutions that can seamlessly be integrated in the neighbouring community / district to form energy communities. The effort is to increase environmental awareness of the community for sustainable energy supply and sustainable growth (Phocas et al 2011, Philokyprou et al 2013. Environmental awareness has an effect on the willingness to pay about electricity that is generated from renewable energy sources and according to a study carried out by Karaoglan and Durukan (2016), when the environmental conscious consumer is between the economic situation and the environmental impact, he will consider environmental impact. ...
Currently in the EU, there are limited examples of operationally integrated solutions capable of achieving optimal interaction of energy networks, combining both electricity and heat-cooling energy supply and storage. There is thus, a need for the efficient use of renewable energy resources through hybrid systems utilising generation and storage of energy. The present study proposes a novel concept for the development of an innovative compact hybrid electrical-thermal storage system for stand-alone and district connected buildings. The proposed hybrid storages will be used to upgrade existing building configurations and will be monitored in real-life operation in a historic building in Cyprus. The building has been selected to be part of a hands-on technology exhibition area of renewable energy systems complimented with visual means to enhance the experience of visitors. The RES systems will be enhanced with enabling technologies offering the benefits of smart digitalised home solutions that can seamlessly be integrated in the neighbouring communities / districts to form energy communities. The municipality is to use the systems as a hands-on experience for informing society about the use of new technologies in their homes capable of offering a transition to the low-carbon economy achieving high levels of energy savings. Moreover, the integration of such systems in this specific application is to be used as an exploration of the sensitive issue of the architectural integration of technologically advanced systems into the listed buildings of historical centers. The concept presented herein is part of the ongoing research programme HYBUILD, which is funded by the European Union through HORIZON 2020.
... Students can experience the tangible improvements to the building envelope of classrooms and they can learn how to support energy savings and indoor air quality through https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2019.100917 Received 18 February 2019; Received in revised form 5 August 2019; Accepted 6 August 2019 responsible user behaviour [15,16]. It should be noted that classrooms in Southern European countries are traditionally naturally ventilated, since natural ventilation consists an effective passive strategy for the cooling period [17]. ...
This paper presents findings from extensive field surveys of educational architecture in Cyprus during the winter and summer periods, and simultaneously explores the impact of natural ventilation on the indoor thermal environment. The study included seasonal indoor and outdoor monitoring of physical parameters. During the summer, the objective of the ventilation experiments was to achieve the most effective cooling strategy; thus, both single-sided and cross-ventilation strategies were employed for different times of the day in four classrooms. During the winter, the objective was to achieve optimum air quality with the least adverse impact on thermal comfort; thus, window operation patterns of single-sided ventilation strategies were examined. During the winter period, the operative temperature is below the acceptable comfort zone, while during the summer period, the findings show the vulnerability of the occupants to summertime temperatures. During the winter, a closed classroom shows the best results in terms of operative temperature; however, this conflicts with the air quality. During the summer, the case of cross-ventilation, both during the day and night, is the most efficient and operative way to passively cool educational architecture. The results of the experiments carried out in this study can be applied to inform strategies aimed at improving thermal comfort and reducing energy use in both new and existing educational buildings.
... Finally, looking at the wider environmental perspective of the subject, and that each building unit is a system interrelated to the environment, bound with it and subjected to the various seasonal and daily climate changes, it is realized that the introduction of an environmentally-responsible urban and building design practice, is necessary [1,2]. ...
This paper aims to determine the optimum geometry of the building blocks in order to ensure the viable building integration of active solar energy systems in the urban fabric. Through literature review, similar research objectives are reported and analysed, whilst the building integration of active solar systems in urban areas is explored. The motivation for the proposed research emanates for a need for an analysis at the scale of urban blocks and of building massing configurations at the scale of a cluster of buildings rather than that of an individual building. These sets of physical characteristics are examined to arrive at simplified archetypes, while at the same time the habitation density is held constant.
A set of twelve simplified building block configurations is created, whereby the geometrical parameters examined include the width of the streets separating the building blocks, the height of existing and proposed buildings and the massing configurations of the buildings that can be accommodated in the proposed building blocks. These parameters are manipulated to effect changes in collective building massing and siting decisions that result in the optimal integration of active solar energy systems that may be integrated on a building cluster’s facades and roofs. Subsequently, the energy production potential of the buildings’ integrated systems was calculated for each case so that the twelve simplified massing and siting configurations could be compared and contrasted, so as provide architectural designers as well as planning authorities a way of quantifying solar planning decisions at the neighbourhood scale.
... The simultaneous application of all aforementioned aspects ensures the high performance of the building, both in relation to the reduction in energy consumption, and to energy production. Moreover, it ensures a comprehensive environmental approach, highlighting at the same time, the importance of an integrated approach to the creation of high thermal comfort and thermal performance in indoor spaces [10,11]. ...
This study aims at making an environmental assessment of the integration of active solar energy systems on building envelopes in southern Europe. More specifically, it focuses on energy production of active solar systems, as well as on the investigation of shading and insolation of indoor spaces in relation to the energy requirements and the visual comfort of inhabitants. For the needs of the present research, five active solar systems and three representative space typologies were selected for in-depth investigation. Autodesk Ecotect Analysis software v.5.2, Desktop Radiance v2.0 Beta and Clean Energy Project Analysis Software Retscreen4 were used for the simulations. The simulation results are presented and discussed comparatively. The findings indicate that the integration of active solar systems contributes to the reduction of the cooling and heating loads. In terms of natural lighting, the integration of active solar systems enables high levels of natural lighting while it minimizes glare issues for the majority of systems. The research highlights the role of building integrated active solar systems, both in the indoor built environment and in energy performance, introducing a comprehensive environmental approach. Moreover, it highlights the importance of an integrated architectural design approach in the built environment.
... Moreover, the assembled technique allows the reuse of all construction materials, which ensures recycling without downgrading their initial quality [53]. The application of contemporary construction methods gives added value to the final construction product and enhances the holistic environmental approach of the proposed system [54,55]. ...
This research aims to propose and evaluate an integrated adaptive system consisting of individual movable modules for the improvement of indoor environmental conditions. The system was evaluated by means of a natural lighting analysis simulation using Ecotect v5.2 and Desktop Radiance v1.02. Daylighting performance indicators, i.e. daylight factor (DF) and uniformity daylight factor (UDF), were calculated for various geometrical configurations. The analysis suggests that the integration of the system in appropriate geometrical configurations maintains high percentages of the plan area exceeding 2% DF, while it drastically increases UDF above the threshold of 0.40. Moreover, an in-depth analysis of natural lighting levels was performed for south-facing spaces during different periods of the year and hours of the day. In the majority of the cases under study, the proposed system maintains a high percentage of the plan area with lighting levels above 500 lux, while it significantly decreases the percentage of area exceeding 3000 lux and thus minimizes the possibilities of glare issues. The research study confirms the positive contribution of the proposed system as a natural lighting regulation system, while it establishes the concept of prosthetic renovation as a renewable energy strategy for the improvement of indoor comfort of existing buildings.
... The findings of the current research can be further exploited for both the reinforcement of existing rehabilitation practices [10,16], as well as for environmental architectural education for sustainable new constructions [40,41]. Further research can be carried out through software simulation, which would allow a further parametric investigation in a climatically controlled environment. ...
This paper investigates the influence of natural ventilation on the indoor thermal environment in the residential vernacular architecture of Cyprus. The research was performed through a field study investigation during the hot summer period. The investigation included different ventilation strategies, i.e. daytime, full-day and night-time ventilation. Furthermore, in the case of night ventilation, different window opening patterns, i.e. single sided and cross ventilation, were examined. The results show that night ventilation is the most effective strategy for passive cooling in vernacular dwellings during the hot summer period, compared to the two other ventilation strategies. This strategy reduces peak indoor air temperatures and also improves indoor thermal conditions during the following day. Furthermore, cross ventilation, during night-time takes full advantage of the relatively low outdoor air temperatures and cools down the building envelope in the best possible way. The findings are presented in a comparative manner and evaluated in a quantitative way, offering valuable information in the relevant field. The paper presented herein confirms the positive contribution of natural ventilation for cooling in the vernacular architecture in Cyprus as well as in other areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, where similar climatic conditions, building typologies, construction materials and techniques can be found.
... Moreover, according to the report issued by the International Energy Agency (IEA), artificial lighting is responsible for the consolidating amount of 14% of electricity consumption in the European Union [12,13]; therefore, exploitation of natural lighting is an important factor for energy reduction. Finally, the reduction of energy demands, as a result of the minimization of the use artificial lighting, promotes energy and environmental awareness [14,15]. For all the above-mentioned reasons, the importance of daylight in schools premises as a crucial design parameter is widely acknowledged. ...
This study aims to investigate the natural lighting performance of typical educational school premises in Cyprus and propose solutions to improve the visual comfort in classrooms. Natural lighting is an important factor in the design of education buildings as it creates a pleasant environment, it promotes healthier conditions and ensures energy saving. For the purposes of the present research, an in-depth lighting performance analysis was carried out in a typical classroom in Cyprus. A field study carried out through a questionnaire-based survey, as well as through static and dynamic simulations, assessed the lighting performance and visual comfort in educational buildings in Cyprus. The study shows sufficient lighting levels in classrooms in all orientations; however, high lighting contrast and bright visible light source in the field of view causes glare issues, especially in classrooms with east- and west orientation. Conclusions regarding potential improvements are proposed in order to achieve better visual comfort in typical educational school premises in Cyprus and in other areas of southern Europe with similar climatic characteristics and typologies in educational architecture.
