Energy Efficiency improvement in School Buildinds

High energy consumption is one of the most serious problems in the world today, the sector of the building is one of the largest energy consumers. The energy performance in school buildings is very significant, for ascertaining the health and productivity of students and teachers. The analysis of previous studies shown that school buildings present a poor indoor air quality due to the occupants of the school buildings are near together, with approximately four times the occupant density if compared to the office building. It also consumes a large amount of energy due to no energy saving measure were applied to school buildings. The purpose of this study to improve the indoor environment and reduce energy consumption in the school buildings, through analysis, evaluate and improve the energy efficiency of one secondary school typology in Sulaimani. Based on the measurements in the school and IDA ICE simulation model, several improvement options were investigated, including window ratio, thermal insulation, glass pane, and infiltration. An improvement suggestion model is presented and compared the results with IDA ICE software 4.7.1. The result revealed the proposed model performed better in both indoor environment and energy consumption than the existing school model.