The impact of courtyard parameters on its shading level an experimental study in Baghdad, Iraq

Al-Hafith, Omar, Basavapatna Kumaraswamy, Satish, Bradbury, Simon and De Wilde, Pieter 2017. The impact of courtyard parameters on its shading level an experimental study in Baghdad, Iraq. Presented at: 9th International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, Chania, Greece, 5-7 July 2017. The Impact of Courtyard parameters on its shading level an experimental study in Baghdad, Iraq. Energy Procedia. , vol.134 Elsevier, pp. 99-109. 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.539

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Abstract

The courtyard pattern has been advocated to be thermally efficient for the hot-arid climatic zone. This paper investigates one of its environmental strategies: shading. By taking Baghdad as a case study, it presents an experimental study, using LightUp Analytics simulation tool, to determine the impact of courtyard geometry and orientation on its shading. The results showed that they significantly affect the shading level. The most effective parameter is the ratio of courtyard width to height. Depending on the results, this paper suggests a regression equation that can predict the shading level of different courtyard forms throughout the year in Baghdad.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Architecture
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1876-6102
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	26 February 2023
Date of Acceptance:	June 2017
Last Modified:	13 Jun 2023 13:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/157330

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