The Role of Green Walls in Achieving Sustainability on Campus Using Simulation Programs: An Applied Study to Improve Energy Efficiency in Egyptian University Buildings
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Environmental Sustainability, Green Walls, Smart Agriculture, Energy Efficiency, University Buildings.Abstract
Green walls are an innovative and promising solution to address the environmental challenges facing university buildings, especially in hot climates. This analysis aims to evaluate the validity of claims regarding the effectiveness of green walls in university buildings, focusing on their ability to protect buildings from solar radiation, improve air quality, and reduce energy consumption of the external envelope, thus contributing to the fight against climate change. The research addresses the problem of increasing energy consumption for classrooms in university buildings due to the inefficiency of the Building envelope. The main objective of the research was to improve energy consumption using green walls for classrooms in the university buildings under study, through an applied study using the simulation program Design Builder v 7.0 for classrooms, which is a case study of the October Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology. The results indicate that the use of green walls for classrooms in university buildings improves the energy consumption rate by more than 18 % over the base case.
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