The Development of Aperture at Residential Buildings in Mediterranean Climates for Mitigation of Carbon Emissions

Maryam Iranfar,Salar Salah Muhy Al-Din

doi:10.13189/cea.2021.090730

Abstract

The study aims to enhance the efficiency of the design process in the early stages of the design through guidance on the aperture design of buildings in Mediterranean regions. The study focuses on the outer glazing areas as the weakest part of the envelope for thermal resistance. Simulation software ‘Design Builder’ has been applied to assess CO<sub>2</sub> emission in the residential buildings in Kyrenia through their apertures, and the ways to reduce carbon dioxide emission. Therefore, an eventual model has been developed and simulated according to the initial data obtained from the selected building samples as case studies. The study has concluded with mathematical models to assess the relationship between the size of apertures and the emission of carbon dioxide in the various topographical regions of Kyrenia concerning the sea and mountain views. The study would provide academic legislators and local authorities with new ideas in Kyrenia and Northern Cyprus.

Highlights

Global warming is a significant threat for the communities and settlements which are located beside the coastal areas in the world because each 10cm rise in sea level will immerse 10 m2strips of the coastal area around the world (Nunez, 2019)
The paper examined the relationship between building aperture and carbon dioxide emissions based on the role of aperture on the buildings carbon emission in Kyrenia in North Cyprus
Residential buildings in North Cyprus share around 30% of the island's total energy consumption [32]

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Introduction

Global warming is a significant threat for the communities and settlements which are located beside the coastal areas in the world because each 10cm rise in sea level will immerse 10 m2strips of the coastal area around the world (Nunez, 2019). Carbon dioxide emissions from buildings increase because of the direct use of fossil fuels or through electricity which generates from fossil fuels [1]. Improving energy consumption retrofit in the buildings has a significant role in mitigation of carbon dioxide emission, and slow down the short-term climatic change [4]. If climatic change adaptation strategies are well-regarded, reducing building emissions must be a major task [5]. A good design can significantly reduce the amount of energy used in a building and reduce carbon and GHG emission, by considering orientation, location and natural light and wind [6]. Affecting energy efficiency with minimal energy requirements and reducing carbon dioxide emissions from the building can be achieved by proper aperture element design at an early stage [8]. The apertures are the weakest points in resistance of the building against heat gain and

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