Abstract
The global energy trend of fossil fuel depletion and potential for worsening natural disasters due to climate change has created worldwide concern not only on how to switch to non-fossil based fuel but also how to reduce energy consumption. One means of reducing global energy consumption is efficiency. The latest information from the IPCC through its AR4 report shows that the easiest and cheapest way to reduce energy utilization is efficiency. Efficiency measures start from power supply through power generation improvement or waste heat recovery; and carry through to end use, such as efficiency in industrial processes or efficiency in the building sectors.
One of the most challenging measures for improving efficiency in the building sector is replacing (partially or entirely) electricity driven appliances while maintaining human comfort. Therefore, this study applies passive methods to partially replace the work of mechanical and electrical devices in buildings by means of improving the air changes per hour (ACH) by utilizing solar induced ventilation or solar chimneys.
The design involves the optimization of solar induced ventilation by using small scale heliostat. The potential improvement is calculated for local climatic conditions in two case study cities - namely Tokyo and Jakarta. The ACH potential was assessed using multi-storey building models (5 storey, 20 unit) apartments.
The results show that solar induced ventilation creating more than 3.3 ACH means that heat, humidity and other pollutants could be removed. Annually for the modeled buildings this has the potential to reduce emissions by approximately 483 kg CO2 in case of Japan and more than 1800 kgCO2 in case of Indonesia. Also it has potential to save up to 250 US$ and 176 US$ for Japan and Indonesia respectively. Moreover with current statistics of apartments in both cities, the potential of CO2 reduction will reach 1.11 x 109 kgCO2 for Tokyo and 7.6 x 108 kgCO2 for Jakarta and monetary savings of approximately 578 million US$ and 73 million US$ for Tokyo and Jakarta respectively.
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Utama, N.A., Mclellan, B.C., Ishihara, K.N., Zhang, Q. (2012). Solar induced ventilation for hot and humid regime; efficiency measure case for Tokyo and Jakarta. In: Matsumoto, M., Umeda, Y., Masui, K., Fukushige, S. (eds) Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3010-6_13
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