Chippagiri, R, Gavali, HR, Ralegaonkar, RV and Armada Bras, A (2022) Performance Evaluation of a Sustainable Prefabricated System Using Small-Scale Experimental Model Technique. Buildings, 12 (11).

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Abstract

The increasing urban population requires rapid housing construction. Rising global temperatures have led to more space cooling options inside buildings. There is a need to design new-age buildings with a sustainable, thermal comfort, and energy-efficiency approach. The present work integrates this approach into the design of prefabricated elements. Locally available co-fired ash, along with other sustainable alternates, are used in developing these elements. This study involves a performance evaluation and feasibility assessment of the proposed prefabricated system. A small-scale model house of one-third size is constructed using these elements for the purpose of functional evaluation. An average temperature variation of approximately 4 °C is observed upon comparison with the fly-ash brick model during the peak summer season. During energy assessment, a 12% and 52% decrease in embodied energy and peak cooling loads were observed. The time study resulted in 20% time savings over the conventional technique. The proposed system also includes a solar photo-voltaic panel, which compensates for 30% of the energy demand and reduces approximately 42% of the energy cost. Thus, the developed prefabricated system is found suitable for non-load bearing as well as functional applications. The performed studies determined the system to be sustainable, lightweight, quick, as well as energy efficient.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1201 Architecture; 1202 Building; 1203 Design Practice and Management
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TH Building construction
Divisions:	Civil Engineering & Built Environment
Publisher:	MDPI AG
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	09 Jan 2023 11:43
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2023 11:45
DOI or ID number:	10.3390/buildings12112000
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/18568

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