RESPONSIVE BUILDINGS ENVELOPE INTEGRATION IN SUSTAINABLE NEW CITIES PLANNING STRATEGIES | ||
| Engineering Research Journal | ||
| Volume 177, Issue 0, March 2023, Pages 145-158 PDF (744.17 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/erj.2023.289032 | ||
| Authors | ||
| MOHAMED ELSHAFEI1; HEBA ABDELAZIZ* 2 | ||
| 1Architectural Engineering & Environmental Design / College of Engineering & Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 2Architectural Engineering Department / College of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract “Cities Are Part of the Climate Change Problem, But They Are Also a Key Part of the Solution” (Robert, 2009) Cities nowadays responsible for the larger part of global energy consumption, therefore major contributors of greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, cities have key capabilities to act on global climate change through their responsibilities over urban sectors like buildings. With the growing importance of the environment as a global issue, sustainability has been adopted as a common political goal, the United Nations world commission of environment and development defined sustainability as the ability of meeting the present needs without affecting the future generations capabilities to meet their own needs. The Responsive building envelopes are expected to play a significant role in new sustainable cities urban planning principles as a part of problem solving by preventing energy consumption in buildings, thus the urban environment as well, also they’re valuable to boost the balance between several energy flows at single- and multi building scale, in addition to optimize user experience and indoor comfort by providing an interactive interface with the outdoors. Using responsive buildings envelopes could be utilized as a mean of decreasing carbon emissions in urban environment and can be integrated into sustainable new cities planning strategies. The aim of this research is investigating the role of responsive building facades in new sustainable urban planning and setting out planning strategies for new cities to design a network of responsive buildings in order to reduce urban energy consumption. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Energy Efficiency; Energy planning; Responsive Buildings Envelopes; Sustainable New Cities; Urban Planning | ||
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