Retrofitting Rural Dwellings in Delta Region to Enhance Climate Change Mitigation in Egypt

The current rural dwelling pattern in the Delta in Egypt consumes much energy to achieve dwellers’ thermal comfort, increasing greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change threatening the region’s coastal parts. Therefore, this study highlights the potential of retrofitting the existing r...

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Autor principal:	Abouaiana Ahmed
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	economic analysis energy efficiency energy simulation tools modern rural house passive envelope social acceptance Renewable energy sources TJ807-830
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ef692aa324744b2994395951069dd49f2021-12-05T14:11:10ZRetrofitting Rural Dwellings in Delta Region to Enhance Climate Change Mitigation in Egypt2255-883710.2478/rtuect-2021-0009https://doaj.org/article/ef692aa324744b2994395951069dd49f2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2021-0009https://doaj.org/toc/2255-8837The current rural dwelling pattern in the Delta in Egypt consumes much energy to achieve dwellers’ thermal comfort, increasing greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change threatening the region’s coastal parts. Therefore, this study highlights the potential of retrofitting the existing rural house utilizing pervasive construction technologies in diminishing energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions as a climate change mitigation strategy. The current modern rural house and the construction typologies were characterized. This study selected a typical modern rural dwelling located in Al-Gharbia Governorate in the Delta region. The suggested retrofitting strategies were applied to the external building envelope. The impact on the annual energy consumption of cooling and heating loads was evaluated using an Energy Performance Assessment Tool (Design Builder). An optimal envelope configuration was suggested, then an economic assessment and an investigation to the local acceptance were provided. The results showed that using the commonly used construction techniques as a retrofitting strategy can plummet the energy consumption and CO2 emissions by one-third worthy of mentioning that the locals have shown a lack of interest in the investment in retrofitting their buildings as well as the economic model showed that the investment is not profitable. Further studies can be made by the author considering investigating different building typologies and engaging other stakeholders.Abouaiana AhmedSciendoarticleeconomic analysisenergy efficiencyenergy simulation toolsmodern rural housepassive envelopesocial acceptanceRenewable energy sourcesTJ807-830ENEnvironmental and Climate Technologies, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 136-150 (2021)
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description	The current rural dwelling pattern in the Delta in Egypt consumes much energy to achieve dwellers’ thermal comfort, increasing greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change threatening the region’s coastal parts. Therefore, this study highlights the potential of retrofitting the existing rural house utilizing pervasive construction technologies in diminishing energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions as a climate change mitigation strategy. The current modern rural house and the construction typologies were characterized. This study selected a typical modern rural dwelling located in Al-Gharbia Governorate in the Delta region. The suggested retrofitting strategies were applied to the external building envelope. The impact on the annual energy consumption of cooling and heating loads was evaluated using an Energy Performance Assessment Tool (Design Builder). An optimal envelope configuration was suggested, then an economic assessment and an investigation to the local acceptance were provided. The results showed that using the commonly used construction techniques as a retrofitting strategy can plummet the energy consumption and CO2 emissions by one-third worthy of mentioning that the locals have shown a lack of interest in the investment in retrofitting their buildings as well as the economic model showed that the investment is not profitable. Further studies can be made by the author considering investigating different building typologies and engaging other stakeholders.
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title	Retrofitting Rural Dwellings in Delta Region to Enhance Climate Change Mitigation in Egypt
title_short	Retrofitting Rural Dwellings in Delta Region to Enhance Climate Change Mitigation in Egypt
title_full	Retrofitting Rural Dwellings in Delta Region to Enhance Climate Change Mitigation in Egypt
title_fullStr	Retrofitting Rural Dwellings in Delta Region to Enhance Climate Change Mitigation in Egypt
title_full_unstemmed	Retrofitting Rural Dwellings in Delta Region to Enhance Climate Change Mitigation in Egypt
title_sort	retrofitting rural dwellings in delta region to enhance climate change mitigation in egypt
publisher	Sciendo
publishDate	2021
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Retrofitting Rural Dwellings in Delta Region to Enhance Climate Change Mitigation in Egypt

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