Residential Space-Cooling Energy Use
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
This study's purpose is to evaluate air-conditioning energy consumption by conducting interviews and recording data from 50 single-family houses. All study houses applying similar styles of tropical architecture and methods of building construction, with the U-values for building materials having moderate levels of thermal resistance. The finding reveals that the majority of households spends more than 37% of their energy costs on cooling during the raining season and estimating to increase by the drought seasons. The greater use of air-conditioners have resulted in an increased purchasing power of the population.
Metrics
Article Details
License
Copyright (c) 2017 Alamah Misni
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
Alread, J., & Leslie, T. (2007). Design-tech: building science for architects: Architectural Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780080466934
Darling, D. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy and Sustainable Living. Retrieved 31 March 2011, from http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/U/AE_U-value.html.
Fanger, P. O. (1973). Assessment of man's thermal comfort in practice. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 30, 313-324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.30.4.313
Furuta, T. (1978). Properly Placed Plants Can Reduce Energy Use. Acadia: Cox Publishing Co.
Givoni, B. (1969). Man, Climate and Architecture. England Elsevier Publishing Company Ltd.
Givoni, B. (1994). Passive and low energy cooling of buildings. New York Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Hartweg, L. (2007). The Passive Solar Exterior Envelope. Passive Solar Energy Info. Retrieved 28 September 2009, from http://www.passivesolarenergy.info/PassiveSolarExteriorEnvelope.html#S2.
Krigger, J., & Dorsi, C. (2004). Residential Energy: cost savings and comfort for existing buildings. (Fourth ed.). Montana: Saturn Resource Management.
Lechner, N. (2000). Heating, Cooling, Lighting Design Methods for Architects (Second ed.). New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Misni, A. (2013). Modifying the Outdoor Temperature around Single-Family Residences: The Influence of Landscaping. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 105(0), 664-673. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.11.069
Misni, A., & Allan, P. (2010). Sustainable Residential Building Issues in Urban Heat Islands - The Potential of Albedo and Vegetation. Paper presented at the Sustainable Building Conference (SB10) New Zealand Wellington.
Moffat, A. S., & Schiler, M. (1981). Landscape Design That Saves Energy. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. .
Montgomery, D. A. (1987). Landscaping as a passive solar strategy Passive Solar journal, 4(1), 78-108.
Olgyay, V. (1963). Design with Climate Bioclimatic Approach to Architectural Regionalism. New Jersey Princeton University Press.
Oughton, D. R., & Hodkinson, S. (2002). Faber and Kell's Heating and Air-conditioning of Buildings. (Ninth ed.). Oxford Butterworth Heinemann.
Taha, H. (1997). Urban climates and heat islands: albedo, evapotranspiration and anthropogenic heat. Energy and Building, 25, 99-103. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-7788(96)00999-1