| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 172, 2020
12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics (NSB 2020)
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| Article Number | 16003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Passive, active and NZEB buildings | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017216003 | |
| Published online | 30 June 2020 | |
Energy performance assessment and optimization of extensive green roofs in different climate zones of China
1 School of Architecture and Urban Planning Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
2 Key laboratory of new technology for construction of cities in mountain area, ministry of education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, PR China
3 Chen Qigao Building Science and Technology Research Center, Chongqing 400044, PR China
4 China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Corp., Ltd, Chengdu 610041, PR China
* Corresponding author: fc10@xnjz.com
There are many research and engineering projects on extensive green roofs, however, there is still no design guide for green roofs` climate energy efficiency, which limits the further promotion and usage of it, especially in China containing five climate zones. Taking different climate zones of China as examples, the verified building model is used in the DesignBuilder software, and 2-4 typical cities in each climate zone are selected, then combined the genetic algorithm (GA-Ⅱ) to optimize the energy efficiency of the building under green roofs. The results show that in all the cities studied in the five climatic zones, extensive green roofs are more energy efficient than ordinary thermal insulation roofs, and the energy saving rate is between 1-26.4%; except for the Nenjiang, which the energy is mainly used for heating, the cooling energy consumption is reduced and the heating energy consumption is increased after the optimized green roof is adopted in other cities; it is also found that the energy saving rate of the green roof with optimization has a high correlation with the total annual solar radiation value of the city. In addition, the energy efficiency optimization of green roofs in all cities shows that a larger leaf area index is more conducive to energy conservation; however, in southern China, it is not recommended to use a thermal insulation layer in the roof structural layer below the soil.
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