Abstract
Conventional energy use has brought environmental problems such as global warming and accelerated efforts to reduce energy consumption in many areas, particularly in the housing sector. For this purpose, bioclimatic design principles and vernacular architecture parameters have started to be examined in residential buildings nowadays. Thus, the demand for less energy-consuming houses has started to increase. In this study, we aimed to specify the significance of traditional architectural parameters for houses in the hot-dry climatic region of Diyarbakır, Turkey. Within the scope of the study, a case was based on the urban fabric of the traditional houses in Historical Diyarbakir Suriçi-Old Town settlement and the Şilbe Mass Housing Area was discussed. The courtyard types, settlement patterns, and street texture of traditional Diyarbakır houses were modeled by using DesignBuilder energy simulation program for the case study. Annual heating, cooling, and total energy loads were calculated, and their thermal performances were compared. The aim is to create a less energy-consuming and sustainable environment with the adaptation of traditional building form-street texture to today’s housing sector. Development of a settlement model, which is based on traditional houses’ bioclimatic design for hot-dry region, was intended to be applied in the modern housing sector of Turkey. Moreover, adapting local forms, urban texture, and settlement patterns to today has significant potential for sustainable architecture and energy-efficient buildings. According to this study, the optimum form and layout of traditional houses, which are one of the climate balanced building designs, provide annual energy savings if integrated and designed in today’s building construction. As a result of this study, if the passive design alternatives such as building shape, layout, and orientation were developed in the first stage of the design, energy efficient building design would be possible. The study is important for the continuation of traditional sustainable design.
Highlights
The rapid growth of the world’s population has led to a significant acceleration in energy demand and consumption, leading to serious environmental problems such as global warming and climate change [1,2]
As a result of the analyses, it is seen that the plan type with the central courtyard has a gain of 12% cooling and 14% heating load annually compared to the reference building
Plan type with a central courtyard was determined as the most efficient form of energy compared to other building forms
Summary
The rapid growth of the world’s population has led to a significant acceleration in energy demand and consumption, leading to serious environmental problems such as global warming and climate change [1,2]. Many sectors such as construction, transportation, infrastructure, industry, agriculture have a significant impact on energy consumption and carbon emissions [4]. Among these sectors, the construction sector that has a large energy. It is stated that half of the energy consumed in the buildings is used in heating-cooling and air-conditioning ventilation (HVAC) systems to provide climatic comfort [6]. This situation led to different searches in the construction sector to save energy costs
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