A review of underground building towards thermal energy efficiency and sustainable development

Saqaff A. Alkaff, S.C. Sim and M.N. Ervina Efzan

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016, vol. 60, issue C, 692-713

Abstract: Global warming has posed a great challenge to the survival of mankind. The increasing atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide is widely recognized as the largest contributor of global warming. Hence, world-wide attention towards energy conservation has grown markedly to reduce the carbon dioxide emission. In the context of building energy performance, the ancient wisdom of using the earth as temperature moderator against harsh weather has impressive potential to become a solid solution against the energy inefficiency of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning system (HVAC) in building. This creative and traditional passive cooling technique has been also made it possible to achieve most criteria of sustainable development concerning the world׳s growing housing demand, climate change, fossil-fuel depletion as well as limited land area and resources.

Keywords: Passive cooling; Earth sheltered technique; Sustainable development; Building envelope; Underground building (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.085

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