The Analysis and Application of Architectural Meteorology for Low Carbon Buildings in Taiwan

Abstract:

In order to decrease the impacts of climate changes and global warming on the environment, many countries have started the zero carbon or low carbon researches to decrease the production of CO2. The government of Taiwan also follows the trend in conserving energy and decreasing carbon production and develops a “low carbon island” demonstration plan. The energy consumption of a building is closely linked to the climates of its location. Therefore, studying the local climates is the foundation of low carbon building design. However, the meteorological data collected for general purposes do not provide detailed sorting and time selection for building design. Therefore, it is important to create an architectural meteorological database specially for building design. In this research, we created an architectural meteorological database for Liuqiu island, an off-shore island in the “low carbon island” plan of Taiwan. Using this database, the building designer can improve the natural ventilation design of the building to decrease the usage of air conditioning and the goal of low carbon building can be achieved easily.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 284-287)
• Pages: 1198-1202
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.284-287.1198
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Yu Sheng Chang, Huey Yan Liao, Wen Hung Lu, Chi Chang Liao
• Keywords: Architectural Meteorology, Green Building, Low Carbon Island

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DOI: 10.2172/5737921