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Faezeh Bagheri.M is in the third year of Ph.D. in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). Furthermore, she graduated with a master’s degree in Advanced Studies in Design-Barcelona (MBDesign) at UPC, and also a bachelor’s degree in Architecture, and an associate’s degree is in Architectural Technician-Urban Architecture. She is eager to investigate blending architecture with technology and biology. Because of that, she is working on Bio-Artificial Green Facade to change the behavior of building to reduce energy consumption and also improving living conditions for occupants.
The aim of this paper is to investigate the thermal performance of vertical gardens by comparing the thermal comfort of bare (glazed) and green façades in the Mediterranean climate. The proposal consists of applying a vegetation layer on a glazed façade that could control solar radiation and reduce indoor air temperatures. This study investigates the thermal performance of green façades of an office building in the Mediterranean climate. For this purpose, the Gas Natural Fenosa Office Building as a case study was simulated, that is located on a site next to the coastline in Barcelona. Dynamic building energy simulation was used to determine and assess indoor thermal conditions and, for this reason, the IES VE as a simulation tool has been utilized. Thermal comfort was assessed through the adaptive comfort approach and results were analyzed and presented in the terms of indoor comfort conditions during occupied hours. As a result, the article shows that applying a green façade as a vegetation layer caused a reduction in the internal and external façade surface temperatures, as well as the indoor air temperature of the workplace. Additionally, enhancing indoor comfort in summer is closely associated with reducing the external surface temperature. In winter, it also protects the exterior surface from the low temperature of the outside, and all of this greatly increases thermal comfort performance.
Faezeh Bagheri Moghaddam; Josep Fort Mir; Isidro Navarro Delgado; Ernesto Redondo Dominguez. Evaluation of Thermal Comfort Performance of a Vertical Garden on a Glazed Façade and Its Effect on Building and Urban Scale, Case Study: An Office Building in Barcelona. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6706 .
AMA StyleFaezeh Bagheri Moghaddam, Josep Fort Mir, Isidro Navarro Delgado, Ernesto Redondo Dominguez. Evaluation of Thermal Comfort Performance of a Vertical Garden on a Glazed Façade and Its Effect on Building and Urban Scale, Case Study: An Office Building in Barcelona. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (12):6706.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFaezeh Bagheri Moghaddam; Josep Fort Mir; Isidro Navarro Delgado; Ernesto Redondo Dominguez. 2021. "Evaluation of Thermal Comfort Performance of a Vertical Garden on a Glazed Façade and Its Effect on Building and Urban Scale, Case Study: An Office Building in Barcelona." Sustainability 13, no. 12: 6706.
This paper addresses the effect of building orientation efficiency of the green facade in energy consumption, for which the case study is an urban block in Passeig de Gracia, L’Eixample, Barcelona. Nowadays, many countries are faced with the trouble of the deficiency of energy resources and the incapability of saving them. Most of this energy is consumed in the cooling, heating, and artificial ventilation of buildings. For this reason, the development of an integrated strategy like a green facade is essential to transform buildings into structures that consume less energy and to improve the occupants’ comfort conditions. From the perspective of the urban landscape, the green facade can influence the quality of life in cities due to its positive effects such as the purification of air, the absorption of carbon dioxide, and the mitigation of dust, as well as the aesthetic and psychological aspects. Such criteria are based on the adoption of suitable orientation for the green facade, which is the second layer of the facade in an office building with a curtain wall as the main facade. Since the most important factor in the implementation of a green facade is the building’s orientation, the optimum orientation could be the key factor in regards to the reduction of energy consumption and cost and the improvement of overall energy efficiency. We used software that helped simulate the total energy consumption, the cost, and the energy use intensity annually and monthly. Consequently, after testing was carried out, it was proven that a green facade as a second layer with a southeast and/or a southwest orientation results in the maximum energy saving in a coastal city with a Mediterranean climate like Barcelona.
Faezeh Moghaddam; Josep Fort Mir; Alia Besné Yanguas; Isidro Navarro Delgado; Ernest Redondo Dominguez. Building Orientation in Green Facade Performance and Its Positive Effects on Urban Landscape Case Study: An Urban Block in Barcelona. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9273 .
AMA StyleFaezeh Moghaddam, Josep Fort Mir, Alia Besné Yanguas, Isidro Navarro Delgado, Ernest Redondo Dominguez. Building Orientation in Green Facade Performance and Its Positive Effects on Urban Landscape Case Study: An Urban Block in Barcelona. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (21):9273.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFaezeh Moghaddam; Josep Fort Mir; Alia Besné Yanguas; Isidro Navarro Delgado; Ernest Redondo Dominguez. 2020. "Building Orientation in Green Facade Performance and Its Positive Effects on Urban Landscape Case Study: An Urban Block in Barcelona." Sustainability 12, no. 21: 9273.