Building performance analysis of a dairy factory in South Iraq: appraisal of a local bio-based envelope
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2021
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Buildings have a relevant impact on the environment, and building materials cause
environmental impacts during all life cycle stages: production, utilization, management and
demolition. The global request for more efficient buildings with less environmental impacts has
grown during the last years. Among various technologies, thermal insulation has proven to be
helpful in reducing emissions by increasing energy conservation. This paper intends to show how
the Building Performance Analysis (BPA) supports the decision-making process in many areas
where common insulation materials are not available and there is a general reluctance to use local
natural materials. A building located in the city of Al Chubaish in Dhi Qar Province in Iraq is
examined as a case study. The construction is designed for processing buffalo milk. It was built
in the first decade of the century, during the Iraqi conflict, using only the materials available at
that time, most of which, concrete bricks, mortar and plaster. Currently, this dairy factory is a
very inefficient structure in terms of energy saving. But because its elementary form, it is a perfect
example to investigate how a simple exterior wall insulation can improve building performance
in extreme environmental conditions. Accordingly, two different models have been created. One
is the replica of the real building without any upgrading. The second instead presents a thermal
insulation realized with reed bio-based material locally available. Through advanced simulation
engines and building performance analysis data integrated into Autodesk Revit, each model has
been tested to identify significant improvements in terms of energy savings in this particular
stressed background.
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Received: February 4th, 2021 ; Accepted: April 24th, 2021 ; Published: April 29th, 2021 ; Correspondence: giuseppe.rossi@unifi.it
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building performance analysis (BPA), reeds, bio-based, thermal insulation, Iraqi Marshlands, articles