Examining Glazed Facades as Climate Contributors: Assessing Solar Radiation Effects and Mitigation Measures
Zaid Kanaan1, Wajiha Shahzad1, Eziaku Rasheed1, Mohamed Elkharboutly1
- Massey University
Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024), edited by Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian and Mahesh Babu Purushothaman. Springer Nature, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, volume 591, 2025, pages 754 to 762. DOI 10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_73.
Abstract
The use of glazed facades in modern buildings is increasingly popular. These facades are exposed daily to direct solar radiation, which consists of heat and light energy. This study is crucial as it addresses an issue that may have been overlooked by many designers and architects around the world. It aims to raise industry awareness about the relationship between glass thermal characteristics and global warming. This research is trying to find out how solar radiation absorbed and reflected by a glazed facade increases the atmospheric temperature, hence contributing to climate change.A pilot case study was selected in Auckland, New Zealand, to be investigated using thermal imaging. The chosen case study is fully glazed, and the thermal images were taken using a Testo 883 thermal camera with a super-resolution of 640 × 480 pixels. The initial results showed that the temperature of some glass panels reached 168 ℃, accordingly, the heat will be transferred to the adjacent air atoms according to the heat transfer theories discussed later, leading to a significant rise in the surrounding atmospheric temperature. This study recommends the use of innovative solutions for the construction industry to mitigate the issues resulting from the reflection of solar radiation.
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Session
Presented in Track C, Friday 8 November 2024, 11:00 to 13:00, room WG 1001, Auckland University of Technology. Session chair Dr Funmilayo Ebun Rotimi.
How to Cite
Kanaan, Z., Shahzad, W., Rasheed, E., & Elkharboutly, M. (2025). Examining Glazed Facades as Climate Contributors: Assessing Solar Radiation Effects and Mitigation Measures. In A. GhaffarianHoseini, A. GhaffarianHoseini, F. Rahimian, & M. B. Purushothaman (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 591, pp. 754–762). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_73
About the Conference
Presented at SASBE 2024, the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, held in Auckland from 7 to 9 November 2024 and chaired by Professors Ali and Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, founders of GDI Academy. The version of record is published by Springer Nature; this page is the conference archive record kept by GDI Academy.