<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the era of climate changes, one of the most important challenges of architectural designing is a reduction of energy consumption in buildings for heating and cooling purposes. A significant component of the energy balance of buildings is passive solar heat gains, the amount of which depends, among other things, on the mutual location of buildings. The article discusses the preliminary research on the possibilities of achieving energy savings of buildings at the stage of urban design in Polish legal and climatic conditions. The study includes the analysis of several variants of the layout of buildings located at the same plot.</p></abstract>

In the era of climate changes, one of the most important challenges of architectural designing is a reduction of energy consumption in buildings for heating and cooling purposes. A significant component of the energy balance of buildings is passive solar heat gains, the amount of which depends, among other things, on the mutual location of buildings. The article discusses the preliminary research on the possibilities of achieving energy savings of buildings at the stage of urban design in Polish legal and climatic conditions. The study includes the analysis of several variants of the layout of buildings located at the same plot.

Urban Layout and Energy Savings

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Architectura

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In the era of climate changes, one of the most important challenges of architectural designing is a reduction of energy consumption in buildings for heating...

Urban Layout and Energy Savings

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 3 - 10

Received: Dec 08, 2019

Accepted: Apr 15, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22630/aspa.2020.19.1.1

Keywords
urban planning, energy-efficient architecture, insolation, building layout

© 2020 Wojciech Skórzewski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Urban Layout and Energy Savings

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 3 - 10

Received: Dec 08, 2019

Accepted: Apr 15, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22630/aspa.2020.19.1.1

Keywordsurban planning, energy-efficient architecture, insolation, building layout

© 2020 Wojciech Skórzewski, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Keywords
urban planning, energy-efficient architecture, insolation, building layout