An exposition of the role of external base absorbent of solar energywithih ntellegent constructional structures with a view to reduction in energy use

There is no doubt that one of the most important challenges facing engineers and designers of architectural design and engineering is indeed the problem of energy. It is in line with this trend of thought that energy can be seen as a critical element with a view to the enhancement of mans economical and social welfare and it is in the sphere of construction engineering that the need arises for the use of the appropriate construction material which can best serve this vital aim of energy conservation by using renewable energy sources such as solar energy. It is therefore a foregone conclusion that the more we are capable of using solar energy we are helping to conserve our other energy sources and thus help to reduce our overall energy consumption. It is with this view in mind that construction engineers and those working in building design have aimed at using systems that can manage energy consumption within their constructional structures, having arrived at a point where their building designs can actually be termed intelligent or smart constructionalstructures, whereby the system as a whole is capable of using solar energy instead of the traditional fossil fuels. Yet that which makes possible the use of solar energy more so today than ever before is the use of external ducts, which are installed in places most exposed to sunlight, and have the capability of changing color and becoming lighter or darker as the state of exposure calls for is the use of a certain type of smart glass within the built structure, that makes possible the most efficient use of sunlight entering the building, having the capability of changing color in correlation to the amount of sunlight received and becoming lighter or darker appropriately, allowing that quantity of sunlight to enter the building as is needed to counteract the greenhouse effect which causes an uncontrolled increase of temperature within the built structure, and thus allowing the most efficient use of solar energy in keeping the place pleasantly warm in winter and cool during the summer months. It is therefore from this perspective that we have through the use of library studies embarked on the investigation of the particular structural make up of this type of smart glass with the capability of structural change in its color variance which counts as the most important compositional part of smart buildings, to explicate the mechanisms at work and the benefits acquired from the use of such ducts within a smart constructional structure as a practicaltechnique in line with reducing energy consumption so that designers of any type of construction may make efficient use of this technology.

کلیدواژه ها:

Smart buildings ، Smart glass ، External ducts ، Solar energy ، Reduction of energy consumption