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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 119, 2017
The Fifth International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technology Innovation 2016 (IMETI 2016)
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| Article Number | 01056 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201711901056 | |
| Published online | 04 August 2017 | |
Effect of highly reflective roofing sheet on building thermal loads for a school in Osaka
1 Dept. of Housing and Environmental Design, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
2 School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
a Corresponding author : yuanjihui@hotmail.co.jp
Currently, urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon and building energy consumptions are becoming serious. Strategies to mitigate UHI and reduce building energy consumptions are implemented worldwide. In Japan, as an effective means of mitigating UHI and saving energy of buildings, highly reflective (HR) and green roofs are increasingly used. In order to evaluate the effect of roofs with high reflection and thermal insulation on the energy conservation of buildings, we investigated the roof solar reflectivity of the subject school in Osaka, in which the HR roofing sheet was installed on the roof from 2010. Thermal loads, including cooling and heating loads of the top floor of school, were calculated using the thermal load calculation software, New HASP/ACLD-β. Comparing the thermal loads after HR roofing sheet installation to previous, the annual thermal load decreased about 25 MJ/m2-year and the cooling load decreased about 112 MJ/m2-year. However, the heating load increased about 87 MJ/m2-year in winter. To minimize the annual thermal load, thermal insulation of the roof was also considered be used together with HR roofing sheet in this study. The results showed that the combination of HR roofing sheet and high thermal insulation is more effective to reduce the annual thermal load.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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