An Energy and economic efficiency comparison of the building envelope of an apartment building in Ankara, Turkey

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2014

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Ahmed Shorbagi, Mustafa Ibrahim Saeed

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The main aim of this thesis is to study the energy and the economic performance of the building envelope of an apartment floor consisting of three flats in Etlik, Ankara. Three flats namely flat-1 facing South-West, flat-2 facing South-East and flat-3 facing North are considered. Three different glazing window types namely ISICAM KLASIK, ISICAM SINERJI and ISICAM SINERJI 3+ with different thermal transmittance values are investigated as well as the Base Case wall section, four wall sections involving Aerated Autoclaved Concrete Blocks, four wall sections involving Heavyweight Concrete Blocks and four wall sections involving Lightweight Concrete Blocks. The wall sections applied are of different configurations one without insulation and the remaining three are having insulation on the exterior, sandwiched and in the interior. Both the initial investment and operation costs of all these alternatives are found and a performance sequence is obtained to find out the most efficient alternative. In terms of the glazing window units, the most efficient alternative both energy wise and economy wise is ISICAM SINERJI 3+ for flat-1 and flat-2. The result for flat-3 is an exception because it received the least solar energy making the ISICAM KLASIK glazing unit the most efficient. When considering both the energy and economy performance of the wall sections, the most efficient are those with insulation in the exterior and interior for both the AAC Blocks and Lightweight Concrete Blocks. This is mainly due to the low conductivity values of AAC blocks followed by the Lightweight Concrete Blocks.

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Buildings, Buildings, Buildings, Buildings

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/24590

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M. I. S. Ahmed Shorbagi, “An Energy and economic efficiency comparison of the building envelope of an apartment building in Ankara, Turkey,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2014.