The effect of climatic design of the building on the reduction of Embodied energy and comparison with the consumed electricity (A case-study of Shiraz city)

Subject Areas : Power Engineering and Energy Management

Azar Zinali kharagy ¹ , Maryam Haghpanah ²

1 - , Department of Architecture, Roudan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudan, Iran
2 - Department of Architecture, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

Received: 2024-09-14 Accepted : 2024-12-31 Published : 2025-04-17

Keywords: Embodied Energy, architectural design, building materials, architectural solutions, consumed electricity,

Abstract :

 This research has evaluated the reduction of embodied energy consumption in the building (energy consumed during construction) and comparing it with energy consumption during the exploitation period (electricity consumption). First, according to field and library studies, influential independent variables are explained. Then the Embodied energy of a building in hot and dry climate in Shiraz city is calculated after modeling in Excel software. The results in this article include two parts: theoretical results that are the product of literature review and experimental results that are obtained from calculations and analyzed. The results of this research show that the Embodied energy of each square meter of the sample building in the architectural sector is 1.8 megajoules per square meter and the results show that these variables change the Embodied energy between 0.3 and 3.75 megajoules per square meter. As it is known, the embodied energy during the construction of a building with an area of 1080 square meters is equal to three years of electricity consumption of a building. This research also shows that architectural efficiency can reduce the Embodied energy of the building in the construction industry.

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