Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7737-1
DOI :
10.1109/MACE.2010.5536264
