Assessing The Architectural Design and Implementation Potential of Local Residential Buildings with Net Zero Energy Approach: Cold Climate Region

Authors : Hikmet Alim, Figen Beyhan

Pages : 667-686

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Publication Date : 2024-12-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :With the COVID-19 pandemic, residences have taken on a multifaceted function, encompassing activities such as working, producing, and pursuing personal development, in addition to their sheltering function, leading to much longer periods spent indoors. This situation has also caused an increase in the amount of energy needed to maintain the continuity of residential life. Due to the ecosystem starting to suffer damage, and this damage posing a threat to human life, environment-related studies have accelerated worldwide. In this context, the \\\"Energy Performance of Buildings Directive\\\" (EPBD) was enacted in the European Union in 2002, and the revised directive (EPBD-Recast) in 2010, to assess and certify the energy performance of buildings and thereby increase energy efficiency. The concepts of \\\"nearly zero-energy building\\\" and \\\"net zero-energy building\\\" were introduced within the scope of the revised directive. In this context, the aim of this study is to investigate the conditions and methods of using NZEB (Net Zero Energy Building) solutions, developed by considering the parameters affecting the energy performance of residences and design variables, in housing production in Turkey for the cold climate region, towards solving these problems and to develop an optimum housing design approach towards NZEB. Sivas province, located in the cold climate region, was chosen as the study area. Within the scope of the study, design decision steps including passive design criteria, passive systems, active systems, and energy production systems specific to the cold climate region were created. A prototype residential building design was made according to the design decision steps within the developed guide. The energy efficiency improvement study of the obtained housing design was carried out and simulated through the DesignBuilder program, and the energy consumption-production analysis results were evaluated. The study demonstrates the potential of residential buildings to reach the NZEB standard, specifically in cold climate regions.
Keywords : Sıfır enerjili bina, Konut, Soğuk iklim bölgesi, DesignBuilder, Enerji etkin tasarım