The Impact of the Window Orientation on Natural Ventilation and Energy Consumption (Case of Collective Housing in Laghouat City)

Natural ventilation still one of the most basic elements of thermal comfort in the building to ensure cooling and air renewal of internal spaces, especially in the residential sector. With the concern for the unsustainability of fossil and non-renewable energies and the gradual rise of housing dema...

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Main Authors: Khadidja Dohsi, Hamida Bencheikh
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Language:English
Published: Alanya Üniversitesi 2019-06-01
Series:Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA
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Online Access:https://journal.iccaua.com/jiccaua/article/view/356
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description Natural ventilation still one of the most basic elements of thermal comfort in the building to ensure cooling and air renewal of internal spaces, especially in the residential sector. With the concern for the unsustainability of fossil and non-renewable energies and the gradual rise of housing demand in Algeria, energy conservation has become a major issue, especially in the arid regions of the country such as Laghouat City. This motivated us to study the ventilation and its correlation with the window orientation, so we hypothesized that the orientation of the window has an important effect on natural ventilation and energy consumption. In order to verify our hypothesis, we used the computational analysis with Energyplus 8.4 software for obtaining the interior space temperatures for each orientation as well as the energy consumption of electricity and gas, and then comparing them to determine the most advantageous orientation to have a well-ventilated space with a low energetic consumption.
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spelling doaj-art-7be14b0a87f643b9a3f497c6db1ac2602025-08-20T02:40:42ZengAlanya ÜniversitesiProceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA3023-70092019-06-012110.38027/ICCAUA20190014The Impact of the Window Orientation on Natural Ventilation and Energy Consumption (Case of Collective Housing in Laghouat City)Khadidja Dohsi0Hamida Bencheikh1Faculty of Science and Technologie, University Mohamed Kheider, Biskra, AlgeriaFaculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University Amar Thlidji, Laghouat, Algeria Natural ventilation still one of the most basic elements of thermal comfort in the building to ensure cooling and air renewal of internal spaces, especially in the residential sector. With the concern for the unsustainability of fossil and non-renewable energies and the gradual rise of housing demand in Algeria, energy conservation has become a major issue, especially in the arid regions of the country such as Laghouat City. This motivated us to study the ventilation and its correlation with the window orientation, so we hypothesized that the orientation of the window has an important effect on natural ventilation and energy consumption. In order to verify our hypothesis, we used the computational analysis with Energyplus 8.4 software for obtaining the interior space temperatures for each orientation as well as the energy consumption of electricity and gas, and then comparing them to determine the most advantageous orientation to have a well-ventilated space with a low energetic consumption. https://journal.iccaua.com/jiccaua/article/view/356Natural VentilationEnergy ConservationEnergyplusThermal ComfortWindow Orientation
spellingShingle Khadidja Dohsi
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The Impact of the Window Orientation on Natural Ventilation and Energy Consumption (Case of Collective Housing in Laghouat City)
Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA
Natural Ventilation
Energy Conservation
Energyplus
Thermal Comfort
Window Orientation
title The Impact of the Window Orientation on Natural Ventilation and Energy Consumption (Case of Collective Housing in Laghouat City)
title_full The Impact of the Window Orientation on Natural Ventilation and Energy Consumption (Case of Collective Housing in Laghouat City)
title_fullStr The Impact of the Window Orientation on Natural Ventilation and Energy Consumption (Case of Collective Housing in Laghouat City)
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of the Window Orientation on Natural Ventilation and Energy Consumption (Case of Collective Housing in Laghouat City)
title_short The Impact of the Window Orientation on Natural Ventilation and Energy Consumption (Case of Collective Housing in Laghouat City)
title_sort impact of the window orientation on natural ventilation and energy consumption case of collective housing in laghouat city
topic Natural Ventilation
Energy Conservation
Energyplus
Thermal Comfort
Window Orientation
url https://journal.iccaua.com/jiccaua/article/view/356
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