Energy Strategies for Buildings. Proposal for a Commercial Office Building

Academic Paper , 2006 , 23 Pages , Grade: 2

Environmental Sciences

This report aims at the energy and carbon emission reduction of the projected office building of the client.

Climate Change is a topic that recently gets a lot of attention throughout all levels of economy, society and policies. Policy targets are "set to achieve a reduction of harming carbon emissions. The pursuit towards these targets has become en vogue as it creates" green images, for example, of companies.

In order to reduce corporate emissions the company’s building stock can be designed carbon efficiently. Great consumers of energy in an office are the air-conditioning equipment and the lighting devices. Therefore these systems offer a high potential of carbon emission reduction. Progress of technology provides a great range of newly developed approaches to reduce energy demand and to minimize emission from energy generation.

Table of Content

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. INTRODUCTION

3. CHARACTERISATION OF PROP OSAL A AND P OSSIBLE MODIFICATI ONS
Strategy 1) --- Super Insulated ---
Strategy 2) --- Passive Solar Design ---
Strategy 3) --- Natural Ventilation ---
Strategy 4) --- Daylighting ---
Strategy 5) ---- Cellular Office ----

4. CARB ON EMISSI ONS

5. PASSIVE DESIGN FEASIBILITY
External environment
Building orientation
Building facade
External solar shadings
Internal heat gains
Humidity Control
Range of inside temperatures

6. ALTERNATIVE LOW ENERGY TECHNOL OGIES
Ground source heat pump (GSHP)
Air-ground-coupling
Air-slab-coupling
Chilled Beams / Ceilings
Displacement ventilation

7. NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING

8. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• Grade: 2
• Author: Bastian Görke (Author)
• Publication Year: 2006
• Pages: 23
• Catalog Number: V1030676
• ISBN (eBook): 9783346461476
• ISBN (Book): 9783346461483
• Language: English
• Tags: Energieversorgung, Energie, Energy, Architektur, Architecture, Bürogebäude, office building, Energy Savings, Low Energie, Efficiency, Neutral, Entwurf, Proposal