New Static Sunshade Design for Energy-Efficient Buildings

Abstract

Energy conservation inside the buildings is of utmost importance. To reduce the heating and cooling loads inside the energy-efficient buildings, solar entry regulation as per season can be attained with the use of specific sunshades. Although various static sunshades have been developed depending upon solar geometry, the efficiency with respect to control of solar entry inside the building is a major concern over the seasonal classification for a particular geographic location. The proposed work aims at the design development of a new static sunshade depending on solar angles, whose efficiency has been experimentally verified using a small-scale modeling technique. Three experimental models of insulating material were prepared with varying aspect ratio of windows and static sunshades. Sunlit area, which in turn controls the temperature inside the models, has been made the criteria for deciding the effectiveness of the proposed sunshade over existing horizontal sunshade. The proposed technique can be applied at any geographic location over the world for which sunshade can be designed as per the climatic requirements of the place.