Title
Effect of Building Morphology on Energy and Structural Performance of High-Rise Office Buildings
Date of Award
5-2012
Document type
dissertation
Access Type
Open Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
Civil Engineering
First Advisor
Sanjay R. Arwade
Second Advisor
Simi T. Hoque
Third Advisor
Sergio Brena
Subject Categories
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Abstract
The civil engineering and architectural communities are highly focused, these days, on designing buildings that maximize utilization of energy available from natural resources. This dissertation presents a quantitative study of the effect of high-rise office building morphology on energy and structural performances for the major climates. The parameters of the building morphologies are varied - the building footprint shape, the placement of the structural core/walls, and the building orientation. The energy analysis is performed using Autodesk Ecotect Analysis 2011; while using SAP2000 for the structure analysis and design. The key observations are: 1) the building morphology has a significant effect on the annual energy consumption, 2) placement of the structural core/walls in the east and west sides significantly improve the energy performance, 3) the tradeoff in the cost of placing the structural core/walls to maximize operating energy efficiency is too great, 4) for built to code buildings the energy demand may be considered marginally sensitive to changes in aspect ratio, and 5) high quality thermal properties of code-built envelope systems offer more flexibility to designers with regard to the building site planning without creating negative impacts on total energy demand.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/xb97-6f66
Recommended Citation
Krem, Mohamed, "Effect of Building Morphology on Energy and Structural Performance of High-Rise Office Buildings" (2012). Open Access Dissertations. 579.
https://doi.org/10.7275/xb97-6f66
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/579