Kholoud Mansour Hassouneh

University of Jordan | UJ · Department of Architecture Engineering

The rapidly growing world energy use has already raised concerns over supply difficulties, exhaustion of energy resources and heavy environmental impacts. The global contribution from buildings towards energy consumption has steadily increased. Jordan relying on importing more than (97%) of its oil needs. The household in Jordan consumes 43% of the...

The paper discusses the importance of computer as a supporting approach in architecture. This approach is expected to foster the students' design skills in design studios. The approach is an educational tool for tutors that could guide the students and increase their creativity in their design. It considers the concepts and the practice of digital...

An energy audit for one department at the faculty of Engineering and Technology at the University of Jordan has been conducted as a way to apply the concept of green building to an existing structure. According to the Jordanian green building code, a classification for the green building has been carried out according to its saving in energy and wa...

Windows are considered as the major source of heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer. Air infiltration has a major effect on perceived performance of the window. The present paper describes the influence of infiltration on the energy balance for residential buildings. A comparison between fixed fenestration and other types of fenestration syst...

The present paper describes an example of an energy rating windows for residential buildings in Jordan. It focuses on the thermal properties of the available windows in the market in Jordan. Windows have a great effect on the heating and cooling requirements costs of a building, and the comfort level experienced by its occupants. Windows are consid...

The influence of windows on the energy balance of apartment buildings in Amman is investigated by using self developed simulation software (SDS) based on the ASHRAE tables for solar heat gain calculation and coaling load factor for latitude 32°, where Amman city is located. The calculations of energy saving are made to find out the influence of win...