Conference Paper
Proceedings of Building Simulation 2013: 13th Conference of IBPSA
Analysis And Simulation Of Energy Efficiency Of Commercial Buildings Envelope In Central Zone Of Pelotas City-rs
Analysis And Simulation Of Energy Efficiency Of Commercial Buildings Envelope In Central Zone Of Pelotas City-rs
Jaqueline PEGLOW, Eduardo Grala Da CUNHA, Tatiane Ballerine FERNANDES, Gabriela BERALDI, Oberdan MENDONCA, Cassia Laire KOZLOSKI, Julia ROBALDO, Vitoria Santos AVILA, Kimberly PINHEIRO, Bruna ROGOVSKIDOI: https://doi.org/10.26868/25222708.2013.2529Abstract: The current energy situation causes concern worldwide on the natural resources conservation. Several countries have already implemented policies for energy conservation that, breaking paradigms, change the way of how to design. This study aims to identify the pattern of the envelope energy efficiency of commercial buildings - stores of the central zone of Pelotas, southern Brazil, based on the computer simulation results. This is an ongoing study but these 16 buildings that fit these characteristics were picked up to a more detailed survey that explains the buildings features like: type of materials used in the building envelope, glass type, percentage of openings on the façades of all building faces. Then the energy consumption of these buildings will be simulated, but it is possible to observe that the buildings of up to two floors, built in lots of mid-block until the 1980s, where light colors on the façades prevail, and the percentage of openings in the façades characterizes the buildings of the city center. Pages: 710 - 717 Paper: