TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose Reducing energy consumption of a building may have a significant effect on the energy and environmental costs. Nowadays, energy simulations have come to the aid of engineers in the design and implementation of buildings with a perspective on energy consumption.Design/methodology/approach In the current study, the suggested volume of a residential building in the Savadkuh City, Iran, is modeled using Ecotect® software, and the amount of radiation on the sides during various months of the year is studied. Then, using EnergyPlus™ software, climate analyses are performed on the suggested design, and finally, the amount of heating and cooling loads of the building are examined under two difference scenarios of mediator space.Findings Results indicated that nearly at all times of the year, both the heating and cooling loads were reduced in the scenario where mediator space had two functions, i.e. as greenhouse and as a space for higher ventilation, compared to the scenario where mediator space did not have a climate role and merely served as an entrance and passageway with rigid dividers.Originality/value Nowadays, energy simulations have come to the aid of engineers in the design and implementation of buildings with a perspective on energy consumption. Therefore, in the current study, the suggested volume of a residential building in the Savadkuh City, Iran, is modeled using Ecotect® software, and the amount of radiation on the sides during various months of the year is studied. Then, using EnergyPlus™ software, climate analyses are performed on the suggested design, and finally, the amount of heating and cooling loads of the building are examined under two difference scenarios of mediator space.
VL  - 17
IS  - 4
SN  - 1726-0531
DO  - 10.1108/JEDT-01-2018-0005
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-01-2018-0005
AU  - Yousefi Yasaman
AU  - Jahangiri Mehdi
AU  - Alidadi Shamsabadi Akbar
AU  - Raeesi Dehkordi Afshin
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Designing a mediator space and the study of its effect on the energy consumption of a residential building using EnergyPlus software in Savadkuh, Iran
T2  - Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 833
EP  - 846
Y2  - 2024/09/18
ER  -