ARTICLE INFO

ABSTRACT

Received date: 08/09/2015

Accepted date: 08/08/2016

A great deal of interest in photovoltaics (PV) integration into buildings has been developed by heat insulation solar glass (HISG) due to their advantages in terms of energy saving in cold and hot seasons, enhance power generation and self-cleaning, protection from external noise and wind loads. This study aimed to compare energy consumption of heating and cooling in three houses of normal glass (Ordinary house), Low-E glass (Low-E house) and HISG house. Results show that the energy-saving efficiency of the HISG house achieved respective 70.68 and 56.09% for cooling; about 23.53 and 10.34% for heating as compared to those of the Ordinary house and the Low-E house. The energy consumption for heating and cooling of the HISG house significantly reduced with energy efficiency ~19.59–37.07% at outdoor temperature above 30°C compared to that of the Ordinary house. The results also offer a low-cost route to the application of HISG modules on buildings with high energy-saving efficiency, it is able to use for monitoring progression of the greenhouse gas reduction, as well as evaluating their energy efficiency on buildings.

KEYWORDS

Glass, heat insulation solar glass (HISG), heat insulation, energy saving, HISG house, Ordinary house, Low-E house

Cited as: Quyen, T.T.B., Young, C.H., Chang, C.Y. and Tuan, B.L.A., 2016. Energy efficiency research of heat insulation solar glass on buildings. Can Tho University Journal of Science. Vol 3: 61-70.