Post-war housing policies had always been one of major drive of improving social welfare and the economic growth of Japan through building industry. I belong to the baby-boomer generation, observing and enjoying the tremendous change and development during the last five decades. For us, one of the most impressive cultural transitions of built environment has been experienced in the housing.
The application of Environmental Design principles can substantially contribute in energy conserving in residential areas. People constitute an imponderable factor for the accomplishment of this target and it is very important to inquire the readiness of people to accept and adopt innovations in their lives in order to achieve energy saving. To investigate the social attitudes, a social research took place in Cyprus. This was attained by answering questionnaires which were applied in four social groups.
A number of studies have examined the potential of using natural ventilation as a passive cooling system and comfort under warm conditions. Tanabe and Karma (1994) conducted an experimental work at 50% RH under different level of air speed. They found preferred speed at 28C to be 1.0 m/s, at 29.6 C, 1.2 m/s and at 31.3C, 1.6 m/s. Although traditional architecture of Iran has a very good background in terms of passive building design strategies for achieving comfort condition, however, they are mostly ignored and people are concerned with the rising costs of electricity and fuel.
Raising the solar reflectance of a roof from a typical value of 0.1–0.2 to an achievable 0.6 can reduce cooling-energy use in buildings by more than 20%. Cool roofs also reduce ambient outside air temperature, thus further decreasing the need for air cond
The approach of the building as a system in Time and its interrelationships with the environment, are presented as a “Matrix of Environmental Value (Ev)” that takes into account all possible aspects of “harmfulness – friendliness” towards the environment,
London’s urban heat island increases the mean air temperature which affects the demand for heating and cooling buildings. The simultaneous hourly air temperature in London has been measured continuously for a year. These data have shown that central areas
This paper presents an energy status study of a modern office building in the region of Xanthi. The results of the study are analyzed and evaluated with the use of appropriate software. Finally solutions are proposed for building’s energy rehabilitation.
This paper presents an analysis of some overlooked aspects in an environmental agenda for retail design. The work outline the analysis of the possibilities of maintaining low temperatures in an open-air markets stall space by using an appropriate shed and shading techniques and therefore avoiding direct solar radiation. Temperature difference of up to 100K was realised between shaded and un-shaded surfaces when some spot measurements were taken in the summer month of July (Ernest, 2004).
Two approaches have been tested for cooling oil in a given location to temperatures well below the "normal" temperatures in that location. The first approach has been tested in Sde Boqer Campus, in the Israeli Negev desert. The soil was covered with a layer of pebbles, about 10. cm. thick, and watered in the mornings. The second approach was tested at A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. Temperature measurements were taken of moist soil under a wooden shack on stilts, about 60 cm above the ground. Thus the soil under it was permanently shaded.
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