On Optimized Energy Consumption and Reduced CO₂ Emissions of Buildings in Southeast Asia by Help of Thermal Simulation

Abstract:

Due to the increase of environment protection awareness, many studies focus on optimized energy utilization. Dynamic simulation to determine the thermal behavior of buildings is a helpful tool for design and transient analysis. The geographical location and local weather conditions in South-East Asia leads to massive deployment of air-conditioning systems. The current work aims to describe how the cooling load of different types of buildings can be predicted by utilizing building simulation software. The simulation investigates the effects of thermal insulation as well as orientation of condominium and a commercial show room; and their influence on the energy consumption and CO₂ emission. Changes in orientation and insulation appliances in the three selected building setups show up to 41% lower cooling load and up to 330 metric tons of crude oil can be saved, which equals to a saving of up to 1,224 metric tons of emitted CO2.