The ecological approaches in skyscrapers for generating and reducing the energy loss by using renewable resources

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, FEN BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2018

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: Mohammed Sharif Omar Ba Alawi

Danışman: TÜLİN VURAL ARSLAN

Özet:

Skyscrapers became the defining features of the cityscape with the advent of the 20th century. They become an inevitable and important product not only on the building scale but also on the country scale because they meet the needs of living for the present and the future. Besides the positive aspects of skyscrapers, they can be a product that may create problems in ecological and environmental terms, not only for our present but also for our future; the huge consumption of energy is the major problem of these types of tall buildings. For that reason in the design of skyscrapers, ecological designs and elements must also be developed in terms of generating and reducing the energy loss. Skyscrapers that can be adapting to the natural environment and emphasizing the ecological design criteria are the most appropriate solutions for our future and our environment. This thesis provides an overview on the notion of eco-design by highlighting some links between skyscrapers and ecological design. This research investigates also some worldwide used green building rating systems which can be utilized for evaluating the sustainability of skyscrapers. The main purpose of the thesis is to research on the ecological approaches in skyscrapers for generating and reducing the energy loss by using renewable resources. The energy generation in skyscrapers with productive mode strategies is investigated by focusing on two strategies; the first one is the solar energy and solar PVs, and the second one is the wind energy and wind turbines. The energy loss reduction in skyscrapers with passive mode strategies is investigated by focusing on two strategies; the first one is the passive solar concepts for natural solar gain and daylight, and the second one is the passive wind concepts for natural ventilation. As case studies; this thesis analyzed the ecological approaches for generating the energy in skyscrapers with productive mode strategies by using solar and wind energy, and reducing the energy loss in skyscrapers with passive mode strategies by using solar and wind concepts in some examples of skyscrapers that exist around the world.