Surrounding Buildings Example
This is part of a trainng course delivered by WEST project (www.westproject.org.uk) on 'Energy Simulation at Building and Urban Scale with special focus on the Virvil SketchUp plugin. This presentation shows the impact of surrounding buildings on energy performance. More information about the course and to register, please visit our website: https://www.westproject.org.uk/content/low-carbon-built-environment-lcbe
Surrounding Buildings Example
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Impact of surrounding buildings Example See how the energy performance changes for different surrounding plots. This is shown both through the modelled building energy consumption result but also through the spider diagram.
100m overshadow, next building half height 100m Same height 100m overshadow, next building twice height 40m overshadow, next building half height 40m Same height 40m overshadow, next building twice height 25m overshadow, next building half height 25m Same height 25m overshadow, next building twice height Building Surrounding buildings example A modelled building and surrounding plots The modelled building result 187 kwh/m2
100m overshadow, next building half height 100m Same height 100m overshadow, next building twice height 40m overshadow, next building half height 40m Same height 40m overshadow, next building twice height 25m overshadow, next building half height 25m Same height 25m overshadow, next building twice height Building Surrounding buildings example A modelled building – height reduced The modelled building result 181 kwh/m2
100m overshadow, next building half height 100m Same height 100m overshadow, next building twice height 40m overshadow, next building half height 40m Same height 40m overshadow, next building twice height 25m overshadow, next building half height 25m Same height 25m overshadow, next building twice height Building Surrounding buildings example A modelled building – change surrounding plots The modelled building result 178 kwh/m2
100m overshadow, next building half height 100m Same height 100m overshadow, next building twice height 40m overshadow, next building half height 40m Same height 40m overshadow, next building twice height 25m overshadow, next building half height 25m Same height 25m overshadow, next building twice height Building Surrounding buildings example A modelled building – change surrounding plots The modelled building result 174 kwh/m2
100m overshadow, next building half height 100m Same height 100m overshadow, next building twice height 40m overshadow, next building half height 40m Same height 40m overshadow, next building twice height 25m overshadow, next building half height 25m Same height 25m overshadow, next building twice height Building Surrounding buildings example A modelled building –surrounding plots closer The modelled building result 172 kwh/m2