Abstract
The annual patterns of energy consumption in residential dwellings in the provincial capital cities of the Yemen Arab Republic have been surveyed and analyzed during the period April to December 1982. Depending upon occupancy and energy-use patterns, as well as according to geographical location, the investigation indicated that the annual fuel consumption per house varied from 16 to 32GJ. Assuming that this domestic energy load was satisfied by conventional energy resources, a typical family of five in the Yemen Arab Republic would have spent between 29 and 51% of its income on fuel. The suitability of urban residential housing for harnessing solar energy, either passively, actively, or both has also been assessed. The prospects for employing passively-gained solar energy appear promising: in this respect, 70% of all urban residential houses considered have their walls oriented favourably without direct solar insolation being obstructed. Also 80·5% of the flat roofs were free from over-shading at all times, and thus were suitable locations for roof-mounted solar-energy harnessing devices.
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