BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE

Building’s energy-performance:- 

u External obstruction affects the building’s energy-performance in two aspects. Shading will, on the one hand, result in less cooling requirements due to a decrease in solar heat. It, however, will admit less natural daylight and increase electric-lighting consumption with the associated cooling requirement under day lighting controls.

u Most useful light entering building interiors comes from the sky normal to the glazing facade, it was assumed that the obstructing block of the same building length as the reference building was located in front of the reference generic building.