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The Energy Saving Potential in an Office Building Using Louvers in Mid-Latitude Climate Condition

Seoyong Shin
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Ngoc Minh Kieu
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Irfan Ullah
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Jongbin Park
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Hojune Bae
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Meeryoung Cho
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Gunwoo Lee
Version 1 : Received: 15 January 2024 / Approved: 16 January 2024 / Online: 16 January 2024 (08:21:41 CET)

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Kieu, N.-M.; Ullah, I.; Park, J.; Bae, H.; Cho, M.; Lee, K.; Shin, S. The Energy Saving Potential in an Office Building Using Louvers in Mid-Latitude Climate Conditions. Buildings 2024, 14, 512. Kieu, N.-M.; Ullah, I.; Park, J.; Bae, H.; Cho, M.; Lee, K.; Shin, S. The Energy Saving Potential in an Office Building Using Louvers in Mid-Latitude Climate Conditions. Buildings 2024, 14, 512.

Abstract

Daylighting has been widely adopted in recent years due to its potential to improve the indoor environment in terms of visual comfort and energy-saving. One of the energy-saving techniques for energy-efficient buildings is the integration of louver systems. Louvers are considered more efficient for providing daylight in the interior as compared to other daylighting systems. Here, this paper presents the design of a louver system for conducting energy simulations for lighting and cooling requirements in office spaces. The simulation results indicate that the use of louvers in different opening configurations can lead to energy savings, particularly in the lighting aspect. The louver system in office spaces with a 50% louver opening leads to 27.0% energy savings. Further, the results are presented for different louver openings to calculate the lighting and cooling energy savings. The overall performance of the system is better in terms of providing consistent daylight, which eventually improves energy saving.

Keywords

Louvers; visual comfort; energy-saving; energy-simulation

Subject

Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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