Parameters of High-Performance Facades for the Design of Sustainable High-Rise Buildings in the Arab Region

Riham Nady Faragallah

doi:10.38027/jsalutogenic_vol3no1_3

Authors

Riham Nady Faragallah Pharos University in Alexandria (PUA), Canal El Mahmoudia Street, Beside Green Plaza Complex, 21648, Alexandria, Egypt Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3072-4304

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38027/jsalutogenic_vol3no1_3

Keywords:

energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, facades, high-performance, high-rise buildings, thermal comfort

Abstract

The construction of high-rise buildings has expanded in the last decade in Arab countries. Accordingly, the facades of these buildings are one of the most significant building components that help to separate the internal and external environments, where they have an effective impact on energy consumption and carbon emissions. Thus, facades play a significant role in the quality of high-rise buildings. Their performance is challenging and has a great effect on its design, construction, operation, and maintenance. The study explores the concept and purpose of building façades. It highlights particularly high-performance facades in high-rise buildings in terms of some environmental control systems and design methods to manage energy consumption, comfort levels, and indoor environmental quality. Also, it analyzes different facades for high-rise buildings in the Arab region and their positive impacts on these buildings. At the end, the paper concludes the main environmental control systems and especially their design parameters for high-performance facades that can be applied in high-rise buildings to achieve sustainability in the arid region generally and in the Egyptian context particularly. The main aim of the study is to raise the awareness of architects to determine the design approaches of high-performance façades in the early design stages in order to enhance the overall performance of high-rise buildings, particularly in hot temperatures.

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