Integration of Solar Building Technologies in an Office Building, Changzhou, China
Abstract
This paper presents a demonstration project concerning the solar building integration design idea for an office building located in south part of China. The project client is a manufacturer of PV products, with relevant system design and installation. Thus, it has strong desire to lay out the PV products via the office building facade. On the other hand, the local climate is humid through the whole year and sweltering in the summer, which prefers passive solar technologies. How to effectively integrate the active and passive solar technologies into the office building is the emphasis of the project design. Based on the weather characteristics and client requirements, the project develops solar building integration approaches to improve the solar technology diversity, efficiency and to reduce the CO2 emission for the buildings. The solar energy technologies are integrated and applied includes PV, natural ventilation, atrium lighting, respiration façade and roof planting. The software simulation and on site testing by instrument are adopted and compared to validate the design ideas. The results show that via the application of these technologies, the used approaches and technologies adapt well to the local climate and satisfy the requirements of the enterprise’s image as well.