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About the project
A high end luxury villa was planned by a leading entrepreneur in Dubai Hills. A renowned Architect along with a local authority consultant developed a design for a sustainable villa with an antique facade. It was a suggestion from a client to develop the design based on a sustainable concept.
The coordination of the design started with orientation of the villa and the glass facade was planned in the north and north-east direction to avoid excessive solar heat gain. The walls of the villa were selected with heat transfer coefficient of 0.3 W/m2 oK which is almost 40% lower than permissible limit as per authority.
All windows were recessed within the wall with additional shade to avoid solar transmission and radiation gain. Water body was proposed all around the villa to minimize reflective gains. The air-conditioning load for the villa was established with 95 W/m2.
The hot water system for the villa is provided with solar water heaters and the roof layout was planned in such a way that most of the roof was utilized for a solar PV system with on-grid connection facility.
The solar power generation analysis was carried out in PVsyst software and a plant of 30 MWh per year was proposed on the villa rooftop. The overall energy consumption of the villa was established at 70 kWh/m2 year which almost works out to be nearly zero energy building standards.
The complete energy analysis was carried out using latest softwares and the entire energy simulation was reviewed and discussed with authorities and client’s satisfaction.