Methods of achieving energy efficiency in buildings and their evaluation

Abstract

Current research aims at studying the methods of assessing energy-efficient technologies. An overview of architectural and constructive solutions based on the principles of bioclimatic architecture has been presented. Solutions that are targeted at protecting the building from excessive solar radiation as well as increasing the level of energy efficiency of the building have been evaluated. Relevant architectural and construction schemes of buildings have been presented. The operation of phase-change materials and the effectiveness of their application in construction has been analyzed and compared with classical building materials. The experimental setup of N. Yu and his co-authors has been considered, and their studies devoted to the comparison of two phase-change materials such as GH-33 and GH-37 have been described. The method of climatic analysis of regions based on the Givoni chart has been studied. The climatic zoning of Libya based on the analysis of the average monthly maximum and minimum temperature proposed by P. C. Agrawal is presented.

Keywords

• phase-change material
• givoni chart
• climate prediction
• energy efficiency
• architecture
• resource saving