Energy performance analysis of integrating building envelopes with nanomaterials

The energy consumption in Egypt has increased sharply in the past few years, and ultra-energy efficient technologies are desperately needed for the national energy policy. This paper discusses and explores the possibilities offered by the use of nanomaterial technology which integrates with building envelope to improve the Energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption in buildings by the use of energy simulation software. The current study was aimed at testing the thermal performance of the Nano Thermal Model (NTM) and measuring heat-Transfer Rate, especially the quantity of Heat gain/loss through fabric, compared to conventional building envelope materials (baseline model) under typical Egypt-Aswan weather conditions. The results indicate the use of nanomaterials can improve the thermal performance of a building in hot dry climate like Egypt, that especially needed cooling loads during the summer months. It also shows that the nanomaterials integrated with the envelope of the future building will achieve the lowest scientifically and empirically recorded values of heat transition in the field of construction. This lowest rates of the fabric heat transfer through the envelope is up to 72% when comparing the performance of the wholly Nano Thermal Model to the traditional model improved.