Adaptive Reuse Decisions for Historic Buildings in Relation to Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort—Cairo Citadel, a Case Study from Egypt

Historic buildings still perform their role today by being utilized either for original purpose or a new which they are adapted. These have specific requirements that inhabitants must follow. and relating uses maintenance procedures result from adaptive reuse decisions, may not be the most optimal scenario. The imperative is historic used in manner that, on one hand, does endanger value related to heritage tradition, other guarantees degree of utility inhabitants, such as acceptable performance with regards air cooling heating. challenge how optimize use energy heating, provided decisions grounded certain very rigid principles. latter render extremely difficult meet twin challenges ensuring efficiency thermal comfort while at same time complying To address this gain an insight into ways navigating it, Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) conducted Former Soldier’s Residence Cairo Citadel, Cairo, Egypt, now National Organization Urban Harmony’s (NOUH) administrative head office, research can considered single domain many possible multi-domains investigated studying case reuse. Other aspects indoor environmental quality, acoustics lighting might act multiple approaches appear widely according review study, future, authors intend test current approach research, comfort. POE includes both objective subjective assessment, limitation those assessment multi-perceptional behavioral factors physical, contextual, personal, others. simulation survey methods were employed consecutively assess study. By considering results, it was determined building consumes unnecessary its conditioning system.