7–11 Jul 2025
Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul
Europe/Brussels timezone

THE ROLE OF URBAN DESIGN IN THE DESIGN OF ENERGY EFFICIENT CITIES: A COMPARATIVE EXAMINATION OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF TOKI HOUSINGS IN DIFFERENT CLIMATE ZONES

Not scheduled
20m
Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul

Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul

Oral Track 05 | ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE

Speaker

Ms Meryem Cağış (kendisi)

Description

Meryem CAĞIŞ, Doç. Dr. Nilgün Çolpan ERKAN*
* Graduate Student, Yıldız Technical Universit, Department of City and Regional Planning
cagismeryem@gmail.com, 05452899179, ORCID. 0000-0002-7581-7774

** Assoc. Dr. Thesis Advisor, Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning
nilerkan@yildiz.edu.tr, 05322732603, ORCID. 0000-0002-4252-4764

Rapid urbanization and increase in energy consumption show parallelism with each other. Zoning plans, building forms, street direction and widths, building materials, which are made without considering climatic data, cause almost identical structures to emerge, deteriorate climatic comfort and increase energy consumption to provide climatic comfort. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the potential of reducing the energy need used to provide climatic comfort in tissues designed according to the climate type compared to other urban textures and to draw attention to the issue of energy efficiency with urban design principles. The method of the study; The relationship between urban texture features and energy consumption is evaluated by examining the density of the built area, the ratio of building height to street width, the relationship and orientation of buildings in the building block. In the study, mass housing textures (TOKİ) were determined as the application area. The main reason for examining TOKİ houses is that housing blocks with similar plan schemes are implemented in different geographical regions, thus enabling the use of climate data as a comparable parameter. In the application work, the Designbuilder Energy plus interface simulation program is used. Annual heating, cooling, total energy loads and CO2 emissions of similar tissues belonging to different climatic regions are calculated and the results are compared with the multivariate regression analysis method. It is revealed which urban fabric of the examined mass housing plans is more energy efficient.
According to the studies, buildings, which are an important part of the urban fabric, and the relationship between them are important in the formation of climatic comfort and, accordingly, in energy efficiency. This study aims to reveal urban tissue regulation criteria that provide maximum benefit from natural energy sources such as sun and wind and minimize energy loss in order to provide climatic comfort in the urban environment. It provides a strategic contribution that the amount of energy consumed in order to provide thermal comfort in urban areas can be reduced as a result of the decisions to be made for the urban fabric and the climate-based energy efficient design.

According to the studies, buildings, which are an important part of the urban fabric, and the relationship between them are important in the formation of climatic comfort and, accordingly, in energy efficiency. This study aims to reveal urban tissue regulation criteria that provide maximum benefit from natural energy sources such as sun and wind and minimize energy loss in order to provide climatic comfort in the urban environment. It provides a strategic contribution that the amount of energy consumed in order to provide thermal comfort in urban areas can be reduced as a result of the decisions to be made for the urban fabric and the climate-based energy efficient design.

References

Yıldız Technical Universit, Department of City and Regional Planning
Fatih Municipality

Keywords Climatic comfort, energy efficient design, Climatic comfort, energy efficient design
Best Congress Paper Award Yes

Primary authors

Ms Meryem Cağış (kendisi) Prof. Nilgün Çolpan Erkan (Tez Danışman)

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