The potential for high rise envelopes as energy production units

The potential for high rise envelopes as energy production units

Leeuw, A.

Van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (mentor)
Bergsma, A.C. (mentor)

Architecture and The Built Environment

Building Technology

2016-01-28

By using Ladybug and Honeybee for Grasshopper, the energy production potential of high rise envelopes was investigated. Together with a technical design and the formulation of a flowchart strategy for energy production on high rise, an answer to the question ‘How can high rise envelopes be utilized for energy production?’ was sought after. The results showed that high rise envelopes can be used as energy production units by implementing energy production systems into existing façade systems. By doing so, modern buildings can produce over 30% of their total energy demand on-site. This will increase the global and national share of clean energy production, reduce negative environmental impacts of energy production and keep fossil fuels available for longer time periods. Changing policies and regulation along our own comfort standards can further increase the potential of energy production on high rise. However, high rise with a high window to wall ratio will have no future in the built environment, unless transparent energy production technology will see great efficiency improvement in the next few years.

high rise
zero energy
renewable energy
energy consumption

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Student theses

master thesis

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