Energy Conservation in Urban Area

Energy Conservation in Building

The building sector accumulates approximately a third of the final energy consumption. Consequently, the improvement of the energy efficiency in buildings has become an essential instrument in the energy policies to ensure the energy supply in the mid to long term moreover is the most cost-effective strategy available for reducing carbon dioxide emissions This paper is studying the main objecti...

Seismic hazard zoning in Urmia urban area.

 Today, the resiliency of the human centers, especially urban centers against the natural hazards such as earthquakes, is one of the main challenges in the targeted management of urban. One of the effective strategies in the control, containment and prevention of risks from earthquakes is zoning of urban areas in terms of vulnerability. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to determine...

Developing a Conceptual Framework of Integrity in Urban Heritage Conservation

The concept of integrity, as a factor of sustaining values and significance of cultural heritage, is considered to be a key element in the process of urban heritage conservation. Review and analysis of documents, conventions and theories concerning the role of integrity in urban heritage conservation shows that in recent decades, the concept of integrity has attracted attention worldwide in the...

Window Design in Ardabil Traditional Houses for Conservation of Energy

Optimization of Building Energy Consumption by Optimizing the Transparency Area of Outer Shell in Urban Block Scale: Case of Hemmatabad Worn-Out Area in Isfahan

Addressing the issue of energy in contemporary Iranian architecture is very important at all stages of planning, design, construction and operation, and the effort to coordinate and interact with the environment is always one of the foundations of sustainable construction. On the other hand, much of the citychr('39')s surface is composed of worn-out areas with high levels of energy consumption....