Green building and energy saving

Abstract

The colored glass has great effects to prevent the solar heat gains and consequences to minimize the air-conditioning loads which mean low energy consumption. In this chapter, the effect of glass color on the energy saving in a flat was carried out in two climate zones Alexandria and Aswan in Egypt to know the suitable colored glass for each zone. The investigation was done using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) called "Visual DOE" which is one of the famous energy programs. The results indicated that the light-colored glass type has a great effect on the energy saving in building.