Analysis of Daylighting Benefits for Office Buildings in Egypt Conference Proceeding uri icon

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abstract

  • This paper summarizes the results of a simulation analysis to determine the effectiveness of daylighting in reducing electrical energy consumption for office buildings in Egypt. Specifically, the impact on daylighting performance is investigated of window size, building size, daylighting control, and glazing type for three geographical locations in Egypt. It was determined that a window to wall area ratio of 0.20 minimizes the total annual electricity use for office buildings in three Egyptian locations, Cairo, Alexandria, and Aswan. A simplified analysis method is developed based on the analysis results to estimate the annual electrical energy savings attributed to daylighting.

publication date

  • July 11, 2004

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  • closed

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  • November 5, 2020 10:11 AM

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  • El Mohimen MA; Hanna G; Krarti M

author count

  • 3

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start page

  • 169

end page

  • 175