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Printing Press - Kuwait
Client
SSH
International.
Location
Printing Press
Kuwait City
Kuwait
Description
This new
Printing Press building will accommodate
state-of-the-art printing press machines for
a local newspaper in Kuwait City. The Client
required high public visibility of the press
machines, which led to an almost fully
glazed building being designed.
Objective
Undertake a
bespoke Dynamic Thermal Simulations
Analysis of the cooling load and
recommend solutions to reduce the building’s
excessive cooling demand, taking into
account the Client’s brief and constraints.
Brief
EcoConsulting
was appointed by Prime Design architects to
suggest and test different glazing and
shading solutions, in order to reduce the
Printing Press cooling load.
EcoConsulting
was specifically responsible for undertaking
bespoke hour by hour Dynamic Thermal
Simulations to ascertain the effectiveness
of different solar control glazing
solutions. Limiting solar gains in the
development was imperative, due to the fully
glazed construction, location in a hot
desert climate, and as the Printing Press
machines produce, on their own,
approximately 1MW of heat.
The aim of the
3D thermal modelling was to identify the
impact and magnitude of:
1) Improved
glazing by specifying solar performing glass
with low solar absorbance, in order to cut
solar gains.
2) Additional
vertical shading devices to the East and
West façades of the Web Press Room to limit
solar gains and reduce cooling loads.
In conclusion,
we ascertained various glazing and shading
combinations, and advised on decreasing the
cooling load of the building by 12.6%, which
equated to reduction in peak cooling load of
240kW. Furthermore, we are providing
assistance on improving the way the cooling
system itself works, limiting the
unnecessary cooling of unoccupied areas, and
suggesting more innovative cooling
strategies. |
