TY - JOUR AU1 - Riahi Zaniani, Javad AU2 - Taghipour Ghahfarokhi, Shahab AU3 - Jahangiri, Mehdi AU4 - Alidadi Shamsabadi, Akbar AB - PurposeThis paper, using energy softwares, designed of Iran and optimized a residential villa in Saman city located in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province.Design/methodology/approachHaving used the ideas of Climate Consultant software, the basic designing was conducted by Design Builder Software, and the cooling and heating loads and lighting tools and equipment were calculated. Then, the amount of consuming of heating, cooling and lighting load of the building was optimized through insulation of walls and ceiling, using green roof, double glazing UPVC windows, light intensity sensor and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system.FindingsSimulation results for the stated scenarios showed an annual reduction in energy consumption of 21.1, 7.9, 26.41, 27.3 and 72.3 per cent, respectively. Also, by combining all the five scenarios, an optimal state was achieved which, from the results, brought about an annual reduction of 86.9 per cent in the energy consumption.Originality/valueThe authors hope that the results of the current paper could be helpful for designers and engineers in reduction of energy consumption for designing a building in similar climatic conditions. TI - Design and optimization of heating, cooling and lightening systems for a residential villa at Saman city, Iran JF - Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology DO - 10.1108/JEDT-01-2018-0003 DA - 2019-02-04 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/design-and-optimization-of-heating-cooling-and-lightening-systems-for-zSK8Aq0qPO SP - 41 EP - 52 VL - 17 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -