The Effect of Night Ventilation on Covered Sports Halls Energy Conservation

Ashraf Hashim, Eyad; Sadek Hosny, Samir; Aly Ibrahim, Ashraf; Hamdy Fouad, Ahmed

doi:10.21608/erj.2022.272851

The Effect of Night Ventilation on Covered Sports Halls Energy Conservation

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ The Higher Institute of Engineering, El-Shorouk, Dept. of Architecture Teaching Assistan

² Future University in Egypt, Faculty of Eng. & Technology, Dept. of Architectural Engineering Professor of Architecture

³ Ain Shams University in Egypt, Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Architecture Engineering Associate Professor of Architecture

⁴ The Higher Institute of Engineering, El-Shorouk, Dept. of Architecture Engineering, Assistant Professo

10.21608/erj.2022.272851

Abstract

Recently there was an increasing demand in the field of sports facilities especially in
the Middle East region. As a result, more attention is drawn toward reducing energy
consumption in such facilities located in hot arid areas. Due to the large number of
occupants inside covered sports halls, they work as a heat sink during the occupied
periods. This article aims to study the effect of using night ventilation on reducing
covered sports halls energy consumption. The methodology includes analyzing
literature reviews related to sports facilities to study the effect of envelope
modification on enhancing energy performance. DesignBuilder and EnergyPlus
softwares are used to build and study a covered sports hall model and investigate the
effect of using night ventilation on hall number one of the Cairo sports halls complex.
Results show that night ventilation in hall number one positively reduces energy
consumption by 18 %

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