Effect of Building Rotation on Thermal Energy Reduction and Total Solar Gain in Tehran Residential Buildings

Abstract

Decreasing energy consumption is the one of the most important subject. Besides, in any building design, one employs simple techniques such as orientation, shading of windows, color, and vegetation among others, to create comfortable conditions. Accordingly, Total thermal and solar gain and the effective factors on them should be investigated and optimized. The objective of this research was to find out the impact of rotation on total thermal and solar gain which can lead us to achieve less energy-use in Iran. The software used for this research was Grasshopper and Lady Bug and Honey bee plugins. The typical plan without any environment effects was simulated and effect of rotation on total thermal and solar gain was analyzed. The results showed that using south radiation can be helped to decline total thermal and energy consumption. However, solar gain for east and west radiation was in maximum level.

Keywords: thermal energy, rotation, energy reduction, building simulation, residential building