چكيده به لاتين
To design a residential complex, various parameters are involved, including the size of the blocks, number, shape, geometry of blocks, arrangement, and etc. Each of these factors affects on energy consumptio. Because it is not possible to evaluate all factors in one study, this study examines the role of block size and their arrangement in space and its effect on the annual heating and cooling load of a residential complex. The annual heating and cooling load of the building is one of the important decision-making elements in architectural design to provide thermal comfort. By calculating and considering the factors influencing this in the design of the building, it is possible to save building costs and energy demand. The subject which the designer in the early stages of design, can play an important role in improving the final quality of the designed spaces. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to introduce how the size of residential blocks affects the heating and cooling load. For this purpose, first, using library tools, the definitions and basic concepts of the layout and heating and cooling load of the building and the factors affecting it are extracted. Then an algorithm is designed to generate different sizes and layouts of blocks, which is implemented using Python programming language in Grasshapper plugin of Rhino software. The result of this process is the achievement of a collection of 28,417 different layouts. By identifying and eliminating the interfering factors, conditions for the problem have been considered and 2% of these produced samples have been simulated heating and cooling load. This simulation was performed using the Ladybug and Honeybee plugins in the Grasshopper environment. Finally, by examining the correlation between these two variables and analyzing them, results have been obtained that have been used as recommendations in the design process. The findings of this study indicate a correlation between the total load of heating and cooling and the size of the parts. Therefore, the present study recommends that in the design of residential complexes, it is better to consider the variation of the size of the parts as high as possible and the parts are asymmetric and heterogeneous.
