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Maryam Safavi and Maryam Khoshbakht
Utilizing integrated solar systems and renewable energy sources has the potential to not only decrease the CO2 emissions of buildings but also provide access to more affordable energy alternatives compared to fossil fuels, especially considering the rece...
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Ahmed Sherif, Khaled Tarabieh, Islam Mashaly and Mariam Amer
Large-scale residential projects require architects to balance energy efficiency, thermal comfort, and cost-effectiveness in designing building units distributed in different orientations. Applying a single design to all orientations may not result in co...
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Abdulrahman Alhashimi, Arwa Abdulkreem AL-Huqail, Mustafa H. Hashem, Basem M. M. Bakr, Waleed M. E. Fekry, Hosny F. Abdel-Aziz, Ashraf E. Hamdy, Ramadan Eid Abdelraouf and Maher Fathy
Many techniques have been and are being made to find alternatives to water-saving practices. Among them, Partial root drying (PRD), one effective approach, plays a major role in reducing the harmful effects of water deficit stress. Field experiments were...
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Kunlong Niu, Junliang Qiu, Shirong Cai, Wenxin Zhang, Xiaolin Mu, Edward Park and Xiankun Yang
In recent decades, global climate change has made natural hazards increasingly prevalent. Droughts, as a common natural hazard, have been a hot study topic for years. Most studies conducted drought monitoring in arid and semi-arid regions. In humid and s...
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Muataz Dhaif and André Stephan
In hot and humid climatic conditions, cooling tends to dominate building thermal energy use. Cooling loads can be reduced through the adoption of efficient building envelope materials, such as Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs). This study quantifies the...
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Hamdan Al Mahmoud, Khouri Al Issam, Arslan Awadis
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This research was conducted through the rain season 2009 -2010, in Mehasseh Research Center at (Al Qaryatein), The area is characterized by a hot and dry climate in summer and cold in winter with an annual average rainfall of 114 mm. Three slopes (8%, 6%...
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Gunwoo Kim and Paul Coseo
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Roya Hasehzadeh Haseh, Mehdi Khakzand and Morteza Ojaghlou
The courtyard is a common and traditional architectural concept in Middle Eastern countries, especially Iran. This study presents practical solutions to arrive at the optimal form and features of a courtyard based on this traditional architecture to cope...
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Robert Luetkemeier, Lina Stein, Lukas Drees and Stefan Liehr
Drought is one of the major threats to societies in Sub-Saharan Africa, as the majority of the population highly depends on rain-fed subsistence agriculture and traditional water supply systems. Hot-spot areas of potential drought impact need to be ident...
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Mohammad Reza Majdi Yazdi, Mehdi Aliehyaei and Marc A. Rosen
Gas turbines incur a loss of output power during hot seasons due to high ambient air temperatures, and input air cooling systems are often used to partly offset this problem. Here, results are reported for an investigation of the utilization of a heat pu...
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