Effects of shelterbelt trees on reducing heating-energy consumption of office buildings in Scotland

Y. Liu; D. J. Harris

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2007.06.008

Effects of shelterbelt trees on reducing heating-energy consumption of office buildings in Scotland

Y. Liu, D. J. Harris

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Abstract

Many factors influence the energy consumption of buildings, particularly those related to their design and use. Other factors, such as orientation and the nature of the surroundings, also have an influence, but these are often ignored. In this paper, we consider the influence of trees planted as a shelterbelt, using computer simulations to model the varying energy consumption of a building with or without the shelterbelt trees. It is concluded that a reduction of up to 18% in heating energy consumption can be made by planting an optimum shelterbelt of trees in appropriate situations. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	115-127
Number of pages	13
Journal	Applied Energy
Volume	85
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2007.06.008
Publication status	Published - Feb 2008

Keywords

Computational simulation
Heating-energy consumption
Office buildings
Shelterbelt trees
Wind-speed reduction

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Effects of shelterbelt trees on reducing heating-energy consumption of office buildings in Scotland

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