Effects of Window Films in Thermo-Solar Properties of Office Buildings in Hot-Arid Climates

Frontiers in Energy Research

Waqar Jan Zafar¹  Mohammad Sabati¹  Ali Mostafaeipour²  Alibek Issakhov³  Ahmad Sedaghat⁴  Fadi Alkhatib⁴  Hayder Salem⁴  Farhad Sabri⁴  Mehdi Jahangiri⁵  Seyed Amir Abbas Oloomi⁶  Shahariar Chowdhury⁷  Kuaanan Techato⁷  Mahdi Ashtian Malayer⁸ 

[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, Australian College of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait;Department of Industrial Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran;Faculty Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand;Environmental Assessment and Technology for Hazardous Waste Management Research Center, Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand;Department of Mathematical and Computer Modeling, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan;Department of Mathematical and Computer Modeling, Kazakh-British Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Australian College of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran;Faculty Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand;Environmental Assessment and Technology for Hazardous Waste Management Research Center, Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand;Young Researchers and Elite Club, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran;

关键词: CO footprint;    energy saving;    illuminance;    kernel density estimation;    office building;    solar window film;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fenrg.2021.665978

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The electricity consumption in residential/office buildings corresponded to 45% of the total annual electricity demand in hot-arid climates. This accounted for 27.2 TWh of electricity consumption with 14.2 MWh/capita/year in Kuwait. In this research, four offices in an educational building were equipped with a meteorological data logging system using temperature, humidity, and illuminance sensors. All four offices had double-glazed windows. Moreover, two offices were equipped with two types of commercially available window films. Two million data were stored in iCloud using Wi-Fi and an Internet of Things (IoT) system for the 3 months of June, July, and August 2019. Here, histograms and the kernel density estimation (KDE) of temperature/humidity were analyzed and compared for the two offices with/without 3M Neutral 20 window films. Two floors of the same building consisting of 31 offices were also modeled and simulated to study energy saving and CO2 footprint reduction using various window films. The results of simulations for the month of July 2019 using SOL 101 and SOL 102 window films, respectively, showed that about 250 kg and 255 kg of production of CO2 could be reduced and energy saving counted for 416 and 422 kWh. Measurements from offices with 3M Neutral 20% and 3M Neutral 70% window films for the month of July 2019 indicated that the carbon footprint could be reduced by about 82 kg and 0.43 kg and energy saving counted for 147.11 and 0.71 kWh, respectively. It was observed that an annual energy saving and CO2 footprint reduction of 2.76% could be achieved using window films in a hot-arid climate.

【 授权许可】

CC BY