Effect of Balcony’s Design Parameters on Energy Performance of Residential Buildings

Authors

Bassma Talal, Ayman Hassan Mahmoud, rania Rushdy

Abstract

Residential buildings have a critical role in energy consumption, contributing to produce greenhouse gases and creating urban heat island. For this reason, optimizing the building energy usage is avital issue. Balconies can be considered one of the building façade elements that have considerable thermal performance. The main aim of the paper is to assess the contribution of various balcony design parameters on indoor thermal performance and energy consumption of residential buildings.A simulation study was conducted for a residential villa located in hot climate country, Cairo Egypt. Different design parameters were investigated and 6 case studies were compared in order to study the effect of each one on building’s thermal performance. Results show that southwest oriented balcony with wall insulation material and using double clear glazing for window are the most effective parameters on cooling loads of the studied bedroom space in residential villa located in hot climate of Cairo, therefore affecting building energy consumption.Finally, the research highlights the effect of various balcony design parameters on building thermal performance in order to reduce energy consumption in residential buildings.

Recommended Citation

Talal, Ayman Hassan Mahmoud, rania Rushdy, Bassma (2023) "Effect of Balcony’s Design Parameters on Energy Performance of Residential Buildings," Journal of Engineering Research: Vol. 7: Iss. 4, Article 2.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/erjeng/vol7/iss4/2