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Implementing Cool Roof and Bio-PCM in Portable Cabins to Create Low-Energy Buildings Suitable for Different Climates

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  • Ahmad Sedaghat

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Australian University, Safat 13015, Kuwait)

  • Arash Mahdizadeh

    (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Australian University, Safat 13015, Kuwait)

  • Ramadas Narayanan

    (School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton 4701, Australia)

  • Hayder Salem

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Australian University, Safat 13015, Kuwait)

  • Wisam K. Hussam

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Australian University, Safat 13015, Kuwait)

  • Mohamad Iyad Al-Khiami

    (Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Australian University, Safat 13015, Kuwait)

  • Mahdi Ashtian Malayer

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd P.O. Box 8915818411, Iran)

  • Sayed M. Soleimani

    (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA)

  • Mohammad Sabati

    (Bioengineering Program, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
    Hoglund Biomedical Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66103, USA)

  • Mohammad Rasul

    (School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton 4701, Australia)

  • Mohammad Masud Kamal Khan

    (School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton 4701, Australia)

Abstract

The building sector’s energy consumption has significantly increased due to climate change, emphasizing the need to develop sustainable low-energy buildings using experimental and computational tools. As a joint project between Kuwait and Australia, two portable cabins with internal sizes of 2 m × 2 m × 2.80 m, made from 75 mm thick sandwich panels and metal frames, were built in Kuwait to investigate their thermal and power consumption characteristics under various energy-saving techniques and different climates. This is the first attempt to analyze the energy-saving aspects of portable cabins made from sandwich panels for future sustainable cities. Each cabin has an indoor air-quality-sensing device and a novel power-monitoring system to measure their thermal and power consumption characteristics. First, shingles and novel finned metal cool roof (CR) techniques were experimentally investigated. Then, a new multi-zone SketchUp model of the portable cabins was created and simulated in TRNSYS. Next, the energy saving data of the portable cabins were investigated by adding PCM on the walls and the roof using built-in models of bio-phase change materials (Bio-PCMs) in TRNSYS. The annual energy performance index (EPI) as an important sustainability index was explored for determining heating/cooling/total demands of the portable cabins in the desert climate of Kuwait and in various climate regions of Australia. The findings reveal that both shingles and finned metal roofs contributed to higher power consumption. Meanwhile, the use of sustainable Bio-PCMs in Kuwait demonstrates a significant energy-saving potential of 30%, with variations ranging from 25% to over 45% across different climate regions in Australia.

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  • Ahmad Sedaghat & Arash Mahdizadeh & Ramadas Narayanan & Hayder Salem & Wisam K. Hussam & Mohamad Iyad Al-Khiami & Mahdi Ashtian Malayer & Sayed M. Soleimani & Mohammad Sabati & Mohammad Rasul & Mohamm, 2023. "Implementing Cool Roof and Bio-PCM in Portable Cabins to Create Low-Energy Buildings Suitable for Different Climates," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(20), pages 1-24, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:20:p:14700-:d:1256954
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