Examining building energy performance of reidential buildings in North Cyprus Hakan Gökberk; Supervisor: Ayşe Öztürk

Yazar: Katkıda bulunan(lar):Dil: İngilizce Yayın ayrıntıları:Nicosia Cyprus International University 2019Tanım: XIII, 166 p. table, figure, color figure, color chart, color picture 30.5 cm CDİçerik türü:
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
Konu(lar): Özet: 'ABSTRACT This study is done to be a model application in measuring building energy performance level in North Cyprus residential buildings. There are no adequate legislations and energy performance assessment softwares to measure and/or calculate building energy performance level and identify building energy class in North Cyprus building sector. The architectural design of the building envelope, the transparent / opaque surface ratio of the façade and the orientation of the building according to the sun position are among the important parameters which affect building energy performance. It is aimed that the thesis offers an exemplary study to identify North Cyprus building energy performance level and building energy class in residential buildings. Accordingly, an existing residential building in Kyrenia is examined as a case study in this thesis. Nine case studies are studied by considering the building envelope, opaque/transparent surface ratio on the façade and building orientation. The case studies are done by utilizing Turkish National Energy Performance Assessment Software BEP-BUY to identify building energy performance level and building energy class. In conclusion, the case studies revealed important outcomes following as:  The improvement in building envelope is the key parameter to identify building energy class. The existing residential case (Case 1) which is calculated by BEP-BUY software is improved from D 102 to B 74 in Case 4 by enhancing building envelope features.  The transparent / opaque surface ratio on the façade and the building orientation are effective architectural design aspects to improve the level of the building energy performance in the energy class. For instance, The Case 4 is improved in terms of building energy performance by increasing the window/wall ratio from 13% into 50% on the south façade (Case5) which is resulted an improvement from B74 to B75. Similarly, the building orientation simulations revealed that the building energy performance level can be improved by orienting the building into south direction. Case 4 is improved from B74 to B76 in Case 8 by rotating the building 180 degrees from north to south direction. Keywords: Building Energy Performance, Building Envelope, Building Orientation, Transparent / Opaque Surface Ratio, BEP-BUY and Building Energy Class.'
Materyal türü: Thesis

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'ABSTRACT This study is done to be a model application in measuring building energy performance level in North Cyprus residential buildings. There are no adequate legislations and energy performance assessment softwares to measure and/or calculate building energy performance level and identify building energy class in North Cyprus building sector. The architectural design of the building envelope, the transparent / opaque surface ratio of the façade and the orientation of the building according to the sun position are among the important parameters which affect building energy performance. It is aimed that the thesis offers an exemplary study to identify North Cyprus building energy performance level and building energy class in residential buildings. Accordingly, an existing residential building in Kyrenia is examined as a case study in this thesis. Nine case studies are studied by considering the building envelope, opaque/transparent surface ratio on the façade and building orientation. The case studies are done by utilizing Turkish National Energy Performance Assessment Software BEP-BUY to identify building energy performance level and building energy class. In conclusion, the case studies revealed important outcomes following as:  The improvement in building envelope is the key parameter to identify building energy class. The existing residential case (Case 1) which is calculated by BEP-BUY software is improved from D 102 to B 74 in Case 4 by enhancing building envelope features.  The transparent / opaque surface ratio on the façade and the building orientation are effective architectural design aspects to improve the level of the building energy performance in the energy class. For instance, The Case 4 is improved in terms of building energy performance by increasing the window/wall ratio from 13% into 50% on the south façade (Case5) which is resulted an improvement from B74 to B75. Similarly, the building orientation simulations revealed that the building energy performance level can be improved by orienting the building into south direction. Case 4 is improved from B74 to B76 in Case 8 by rotating the building 180 degrees from north to south direction. Keywords: Building Energy Performance, Building Envelope, Building Orientation, Transparent / Opaque Surface Ratio, BEP-BUY and Building Energy Class.'

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