TY  - JOUR
T1  - Studying the Effect of Zone’s Volume to Area Ratio (V/A) on its Energy Cycle in Yazd, Iran Hot-Arid Climate
AU - Tabriz, Shahram Nassehzadeh AU - Aliyev, Fagan 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 5
SP  - 1028
EP  - 1035
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2016.1028.1035
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2016.1028.1035
KW  - Volume to area ratio
KW  -energy cycle
KW  -thermal mass
KW  -BIM Software
KW  -EcotectTM
KW  -zones
AB  - This study starts with this question that is there any correlation between the volume to area ratio of a space and its interior thermal conditions and if answer is yes, how it can affect the energy cycle in that space and what aspects of interior heat, energy and comfort conditions would be affected? The BIM based software simulation based on existed case method being chosen as methodology of research and The Ecotect<SUP>TM</SUP> 5.5 Software being chosen to model, simulate and investigating previously mentioned issue. Researchers model two zones of Mortaz traditional house in hot dry climate of Yazd in Iran as case study of this research. Results showed that there is a correlation between volume to area ratio of a space and its energy cycle. With increase of volume/area ratio, the fluctuations of thermal balance of interior space and parameters like variance of maximum and minimum temperature of space and total energy consumption increased both in seasonal periods and also in just single daytime.
ER  -