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Influence of Solar Reflectance and Renewable Energies on Residential Heating and Cooling Demand in Sustainable Architecture Case Study in Different Climate Zones in Spain Considering Their Urban Contexts

Title: Influence of Solar Reflectance and Renewable Energies on Residential Heating and Cooling Demand in Sustainable Architecture Case Study in Different Climate Zones in Spain Considering Their Urban Contexts
Authors : Fernández Antolín, María Mar
Del Río Campos, José Manuel
González Lezcano, Roberto Alonso.
Keywords: Energy efficiencySustainable architecture
Publisher: MDPI
Citation: Fernandez-Antolin, M.-M.; del-Río, J.-M.; Gonzalez-Lezcano, R.-A. Influence of Solar Reflectance and Renewable Energies on Residential Heating and Cooling Demand in Sustainable Architecture: A Case Study in Different Climate Zones in Spain Considering Their Urban Contexts. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6782. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11236782
Abstract: In this research work, energy simulation was used as a forecasting tool in architectural design. It includes the study of a multi-family residential building in five di erent climate zones of Spain, i.e., A4 (very hot climate zones), B4 (hot climate zones), C4 (moderate climate zones), D3 (cold climate zones), and E1 (very cold climate zones). The authors accomplished a sensitivity analysis in order to identify the influence of passive strategies (i.e., with regard to solar reflectance) and renewable energy (i.e., with regard to aerothermal energy) on indoor temperatures and energy demands. The increment in indoor temperatures depends on the neighboring buildings so that e ect of urban contexts as a source of protection against sunlight is also considered. The increment in the albedo (i.e., the solar reflectance) of the façade during the winter period produces little di erences in indoor operative temperatures. On the contrary, during the summer period, it produces large temperature di erences. Therefore, it is shown that colors significantly reduce temperatures from 1.24 to 3.04 C, which means considerable annual energy savings. This research demonstrates that solar reflectance can reduce the air indoor operative temperature down to 4.16 C during the month of May in the coldest climate zones. As a result of the simulations, it is noted that the coldest climate zones are influenced to a greater extent by the inclusion of their urban contexts in the simulations. However, the heating demand, without considering it, becomes lower. Therefore, ignoring the urban context produces important errors in the heating analysis (12.2% in the coldest climate zones) and also in the cooling analysis (39% in the hottest climate zones). Finally, the use of renewable energy in the configuration of a model with a high urban canyon (Hc), as well as with an east–west building orientation and a low albedo produces a di erence of around 76% in the cooling costs within the hottest climate zones and around 73% in the heating costs within the coldest climate zones. The results of this study can be applied as a guideline in early architectural design.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10637/14596
Rights : http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
ISSN: 2071-1050
Issue Date: 29-Nov-2019
Center : Universidad San Pablo-CEU
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