The Effect of Cool Roofs on the Achieving of Energy Conservation with the Administrative Building Spaces

Abstract

The world has gone beyond the realization that fossil fuels are a depleted energy source, that the earth is going through a global warming phase, and that it is important to find the necessary energy alternatives, with the least environmental impact, and to address energy consumption in the building sector in particular. Passive systems and their use, or combined with effective systems. due to the dependence of the Iraqi urban environment on the electricitySignificantly and the source of fossil fuel, it is important to find suitable solutions, especially in the summer because of high temperatures and increased drought, by taking advantage of the experiences of countries within this scope, and applied to buildings , Because the roof is the main source of thermal gain inside the buildings it is necessary to take the systems of cool roofs, which is a passive system in the roofing of buildings, contribute to improving the internal environment and achieve the thermal comfort of the occupants, the research problem was:"There is no clear conception of the possibility of applying cool roof systems in the local administrative buildings" and The objective of the research is to" clarify the importance of achieving the concept of conservation of energy and improve thermal performance through the application of cool roof systems in the administrative buildings in the urban environment of Iraq with a hot- dry climate, "and then ensure the research Two aspects,first one:The concept of thermal performance and conservation of energy in administrative buildings and the way of achieving energy conservation using cool roofs, while the practical side included: the handling of several global experiences of sustainable administrative buildings used cool roofs and indicate the impact of this system on the efficiency of thermal performance, The research concluded that it is possible to apply cool roofs in claimte of  Iraq (hot-dry) because the cool roof has the ability to reflect a large amount of solar radiation falling on the surface of the roof, thereby reducing the thermal gain of the building and improve the thermal performance of the administrative building envelope, and as a result achieved Save energy within its spaces