Life Cycle Cost Optimization of Various Building Envelope Configurations with Thermal Load of an Energy Efficient Building Situated in Composite Climate of India

Authors

  • Dr. Dharm Buddhi Shivalik College of Engineering, Dehradun
  • Dr. Ashok Kumar A2Z Maintenance and Engineering Services Ltd, Sector 32, Plot No 44, Gurgaon- 122001, India
  • Dr. D S Chauhan Uttarakhand Technical University, Suddhowala, Dehradun -2498007, India

Keywords:

Green Building, thermal load, energy efficient building, cost optimization

Abstract

Energy efficiency in buildings has become a thrust area due to energy and environment-related issues. In this paper, an energy efficient building situated at Delhi, India has been analyzed for the life cycle cost, which includes the cost of material, air-conditioning machine, and operational cost for various configurations of fire clay bricks and ash blocks building envelope. It was found that use of ash block can significantly reduce the annual cost of the building. Due to the light weight of ash block, the requirement of structure strength in terms of used material like iron, cement, aggregate, etc. would be reduced considerably and its use further may help in reducing the embodied energy in terms of energy consumed by all the processes associated with the production of material and operation of air conditioning machines used. Hence, the various parameters discussed in this paper can be key parameters towards sustainability and can be a step to calculate the energy-environment performance index of buildings.

 

Keywords: Green Building, thermal load, energy efficient building, cost optimization

 

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Published

2011-12-26

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Research Article

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