Appropriate technologies of ecological buildings for the rural areas in Northwest China

Author

Liang, Rui ; Zhang, Qun ; Liu, Jia-ping

Author_Institution

Dept. of Environ. Design, Xi´´an Acad. of Fine Art, Xi´´an, China

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 June 2010

Firstpage

1377

Lastpage

1381

Abstract

The severe problems of rural buildings in northwest china are low thermal comfortableness, high consumption of energy and wasting of natural resources. In this cases, putting forward the appropriate technologies like solar energy technology or ecological architecture planning, and carrying out these technologies in Yinchuan City, Jian-fuqiao village projects. By comparing with traditional buildings, the testing verified the effectiveness of these technologies. Try hard to set an example for rural residence plan and design in northwest China.

Keywords

building management systems; construction industry; design engineering; ecology; Northwest China; ecological architecture planning; ecological building; energy consumption; rural buildings; solar energy technology; thermal comfortableness; Appropriate technology; Architecture; Buildings; Cities and towns; Costs; Energy consumption; Environmental factors; Solar energy; Solar heating; Temperature; Northwest China; appropriate technology; ecological architecture; renewable Energy; vernacular dwelling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7737-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MACE.2010.5536264

Filename

5536264