NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THAILAND AND

URBAN NEXUS INITIATIVES

Suchada Sirorangsee

DirectorDepartment of Housing Development Studies

National Housing Authority of Thailand1

STRUCTURE OF PRESENTATION

● NHA & GIZ

- conformity of mission

● Cooperation between NHA & GIZ

- 1st phase

- 2nd phase

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NHA MISSION

● Provide affordable housing for low and middle income people

● Provide financial support

● Community management

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NHA PERFORMANCES

● Provide 700,000 housing units nationwide

-15,000-20,000 units/year

● Improve quality of living of about 2 m. people through community management

● Initiated and stimulated issuance of various laws & regulations 4

GIZ MISSION

● Provide consultancy to secure a more sustainable growth of cities through integrated resources management

- Water

- Energy

- Food5

CONFORMITY OF MISSION

● NHA has a chance to play an important role in making / promoting energy security at the household level : WATER & ENERGY byimproving efficient use of energy & resources in its housing projects throughout the country ; -a critical mass

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1ST PHASE CO-OPERATION: MR.TIM SUENDERMANN

● Assessment of existing designs :

• Screening existing designs

• Identifying of potential areas for energy efficiency

• Investigating applicable construction methods & materials

• Determining requirements for new designs 7

1ST PHASE CO-OPERATION: MR.TIM SUENDERMANN

● New concept design :

• Adjustment of existing / development of new design

• Construction drawings / cost estimate

• Estimate of energy savings

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ENERGY IN HOUSING PROJECTS

• Embodied energy-Reduce usage of concrete

and steel-Replace clay brick with

aerated concrete / steel frame &fiber cement

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ENERGY IN HOUSING PROJECTS

Thailand’s Household EnergyConsumption• Operational Energy

_lifetime of building-Biggest portion goes to air-conditioning :

Climatically adapted design will make a thermal comfort & reduces air-conditioning usage.

-Ventilation-Shading-Low thermal mass

(Source: APEC Peer Review on EnergyEfficiency in Thailand 2010)

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Ventilation Strategy :Cross Ventilation Stack

Ventilation

NEW CONCEPT DESIGN

1 สรปุรายงานข ัน้สดุทา้ย (Final Report Summary)

Concept design - Perspective

1 สรปุรายงานข ัน้สดุทา้ย (Final Report Summary)

Concept design - Perspective

1 สรปุรายงานข ัน้สดุทา้ย (Final Report Summary)

Concept design - Perspective

CO-OPERATION BETWEEN NHA & GIZ

● 2nd phase

- Development of Energy Plus House

- JUST BEGUN

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THANK YOU

Suchada Sirorangsee

DirectorDepartment of Housing Development Studies

National Housing Authority of Thailand16