Proceedings of the
Second International Energy 2030 Conference,
November 4-5, 2008, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Design of Energy Efficient Air-Conditioned Buildings: A Challenging Era
Essam E. Khalil
Cairo University, Egypt
Abstract
The Egyptian community in its path for rapid development is endeavoring to make all necessary and
appropriate measures to enhance the efficiency of energy utilization and increase the beneficiation of the
energy resources. The energy production, transmission, distribution and utilization efficiency becomes a
vital factor and measure of national development. The different governmental organization was
established earlier to be responsible for energy planning and efficient utilization, information
dissemination and capacity building. Throughout the Nation Energy resources are widely used and
consumption rates are in general exceeding the International accepted values. The use and application of
new and renewable energy sources can be harnessed to design, construct and operate a solar building of
moderate size for desert applications. Endeavor to prepare models for expressing requirements on indoor
air quality, thermal comfort in winter and when appropriate in summer, visual comfort, etc is targeted with
a common procedure for an “energy performance certificate”. Ultimately it is needed to design, construct
and operate a solar Building that can meet the rural and desert requirements and save the diminishing fossil
fuel sources.
