Enhancing environmental performance in educational halls at university of Najah

Abstract EN

Sustainable buildings seek to reduce their negative impact on the environment.

In order to minimize energy consumption to raise systems efficiency such as heating, ventilation and cooling, and to improve the quality of the internal environment, a passive design and envelop formation of the building could improve the interior air quality and reduce energy consumptions.

Based on climate consideration; designers could improve heating comfort and control heat gain and loss without consuming fuels.

This study conducted to raise the environmental performance in educational halls at Najah University in Westbank by suggestion many design alternatives and measuring their ability to reduce energy consumption.

The design variables are triple glazing, green roof, shading, triple glazing and green roof, triple glazing and shading, green roof and shading, and shading, triple glazing, and green roof.

The Design Builder software is used to build building simulation to calculate heating capacities required to maintain the temperature set points in each zone and display the total heat gain by design options.