Huda Albaz by Huda M O H A M E D ALBaz
International Journal of Advances Engineering and Civil Research, Dec 28, 2024
Building roofs are an integral part of the building envelope, and their environmentally friendly ... more Building roofs are an integral part of the building envelope, and their environmentally friendly exploitation is one of the most prominent practices aimed at achieving sustainability in buildings worldwide. The research problem is that cities in Egypt-especially in coastal areas such as Damietta-suffer from a lack of green spaces, which negatively affects the environment and human health and leads to increased pollution, climate change problems, and global warming. Also, the greatest health damages related to buildings are the lack of thermal comfort for residents of the top floors of buildings, which leads to the occurrence of sick building syndrome, because roofs treated with the proposed solution contribute to saving energy by increasing the quality of thermal insulation properties. In addition, the proposed model in the research enhances environmentally friendly sewage systems in water consumption and recycling, and this solution supports the consumption of edible crops free of pesticides and the consumption of healthy fish. The problem also lies in the fact that not exploiting the roofs of residential buildings for growing plants, raising fish, or solar cells deprives residents of many sustainable economic, social, and environmental benefits. This research aims to evaluate the possibility of applying the integration of agriculture with fish farming on the roofs of existing residential buildings and applying the concept of green and blue economy and circular economy to achieve a sustainable economy and reduce the carbon footprint in New Damietta City, and evaluate the possibility of developing building roofs in terms of the possibility of exploiting them to increase energy efficiency and save water and determine the needs of building roofs in the field of developing them to serve the sustainable economy. The research discussed increasing green spaces through rooftop cultivation, in a project to exploit the roofs of existing buildings by simulating a model project in Damietta, and the type of systems used in agriculture, types of fish, types of plants used, natural and industrial water supply systems, water recycling between fish ponds and irrigation of crops (aquaponics) were studied. The research discussed the use of a building simulation program, Revit, to study the impact of the proposed system on energy saving on the last floor of the building. The selected buildings in the study case were evaluated according to the criteria of the Egyptian Green Pyramid Evaluation System (GPRS), and the impact of this proposal on roof performance was studied in terms of energy saving, reducing carbon emissions, improving air quality, reducing the carbon footprint and improving the quality of life for residents of those buildings. The simulation results showed that the roofs of these buildings after applying the proposed model can contribute significantly to achieving the sustainability goals referred to in the research, as they can reduce electricity consumption by approximately [30%] in the apartments of the top floor due to the thermal comfort provided by good thermal insulation, and the results also showed a reduction in carbon emissions by approximately [20%] for these buildings, and the results also showed that the percentage of achieving GPRS standards in buildings after applying the proposed model can achieve the golden pyramid in GPRS evaluation. However, these projects face some challenges, such as high initial costs and challenges of maintaining the irrigation system and plants and preserving fish life, and it has been proposed to supply renewable energy to the roofs of buildings through solar panel.
Journal of Engineering Research (ERJ), 2023
In the past ten years, the field of green architecture has been developed to create zero-energy b... more In the past ten years, the field of green architecture has been developed to create zero-energy buildings, which can produce the necessary energy for them in the year, in addition to not causing any damage to the surrounding environment . In other words, these buildings are able to achieve energy self-sufficiency, and also do not negatively affect the surrounding environment, as they have become a productive element and not only a consumer element . The problem of research came in increasing the consumption of non-renewable energy in new cities, especially coastal cities in Egypt, with the increasing global climate change and the decrease in the efficiency of renewable energy generation, as the stages of benefiting from it are still uncommon in Egypt, as well as expectations of depletion and disruption of some non-renewable energy sources as a result of climate changes. The importance of the research lies in the use of clean energies, which are sustainable sources of energy that do not produce greenhouse gas emissions, and this makes the project environmentally friendly and also provides a viable model for the use of zero-energy building strategy in new cities, and also the importance of research came in that the great risks that will be exposed to Cities in Egypt due to the increase in carbon emissions are the sinking of coastal areas, so the priority was to implement the strategy in the buildings of new coastal cities [2]. The research aims to study the possibility of applying the zero-energy buildings strategy in new cities, assess energy efficiency in buildings using Revit software supported by artificial intelligence, propose solutions to improve energy efficiency in buildings and achieve four goals for sustainable development in Egypt 2030. The research suggested designing a residential model for green buildings using Revit software with Insight-Addin. It supports an AI-powered visualization medium called Veras (LAB Evolve), which can be used to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. The energy consumed and energy savings throughout the year needed for the building's electricity was estimated Gold LEED Certificate ), and the research concluded that it is possible to implement zero-energy buildings in New Damietta efficiently.
International Journal of Architectural Engineering and Urban Research, 2023
Since the last decade, the Egyptian government has established several social housing projects to... more Since the last decade, the Egyptian government has established several social housing projects to meet the growing demand for real estate and solve the housing problem nationwide (Saftawy 2019). Among these housing projects is the "Housing and Development Bank" project in New Damietta, which targets the middle and low-income social housing category. The existing residential units are currently fully finished and ready for use, and all electrical installations and internal and external lamps are almost uniform and pre-installed for all residential units. This study examines the performance of the design of external lighting and its health impact on some residents of residential units within it in the case of the study and also examines the performance of interior lighting design (new 2022). During the past years, the importance of hygienic design of buildings has emerged after the increasing phenomenon of sick building syndrome (Ashour 2014), which led to a decline in the productivity of users and affected their physical and mental performance. Because of the design of the buildings in which they work/reside. In the beginning the interest was It focuses on administrative and office buildings because the productivity of employees was translated directly into profits for employers, but later the importance of healthy design of residential buildings appeared, as the productivity of the employee is affected by the factors that affect the quality of his sleep and life in the hours spent at home also before arriving at work, hence the need for an approved evaluation standard that evaluates the performance of buildings in terms of health and its impact on the health, performance and psychology of users. The WELL Rating System, launched by IWBI (International WELL Building Institute) in 2017 (IWBI Delos Living LLC 2016), and the research measurement tool "WELL v2 Rating System", released in 2020, are released as the second version of WELL Building Standard TM. The research problem lies in the architects' disregard for the question of the effect of night outdoor lighting on the interior spaces of the rooms facing them when studying and designing residential projects (Bunjongjit and Ngaopitakkul 2018) social in the study area. The problem also came in the failure to evaluate the lighting design with the WELL classification system
Papers by Huda M O H A M E D ALBaz
Mansoura Engineering Journal, 2024
10 The Egyptian government has recently established many governmental mass housing projects to me... more 10 The Egyptian government has recently established many governmental mass housing projects to meet 11 the housing needs nationwide. These projects are characterized by their unified repetitive design that rarely 12 consider geographic, climatic and social variations from one site to another. The study objectives are to examine 13 the health performance of mass housing projects; "Dar Misr" as an example. Dar Misr consists of 150,000 units 14 distributed over 15 different cities, and is fully finished with unified electrical installations and preinstalled 15 luminaires. The study examines the health performance of the project's lighting design, both natural and 16 electrical light, using the "WELLV2 rating system as an evaluation tool method. WELLV2 is especially designed 17 to rate buildings according to their health performance to eliminate the phenomena of related building illnesses 18 worldwide. Field measurements and computer assisted simulations were done using luxmeter and Relux TM 19 tools. Lighting design of the study unit was examined in terms of intensity, uniformity, dimmability, glare, 20 flickering, color reproduction and Melanopic ratio for both natural and electrical light sources. The study 21 revealed lack of light intensity, improper light temperature, insufficient uniformity, high glare rates, high 22 flickering, and low CRI values, all resulting in significant health impacts like visual blurring, eye fatigue, strain, 23 headache, and insomnia. Previous studies have examined the performance of mass housing projects in terms of 24 functionality, feasibility and sustainability, but this study examines their health impact and gives 25 recommendations and modifications to improve their health-related performance. Further research is 26 recommended to reveal the health impacts of mass housing projects in other design aspects (e.g. acoustics, 27 thermal performance, ergonomics, etc.), to alleviate the possible negative health outcomes over thousands of 28 families for years to come. 29
International Journal of Architectural Engineering and Urban Research, May 31, 2023
Since the last decade, the Egyptian government has established several social housing projects to... more Since the last decade, the Egyptian government has established several social housing projects to meet the growing demand for real estate and solve the housing problem nationwide (Saftawy 2019). Among these housing projects is the "Housing and Development Bank" project in New Damietta, which targets the middle and low-income social housing category. The existing residential units are currently fully finished and ready for use, and all electrical installations and internal and external lamps are almost uniform and pre-installed for all residential units. This study examines the performance of the design of external lighting and its health impact on some residents of residential units within it in the case of the study and also examines the performance of interior lighting design (new 2022). During the past years, the importance of hygienic design of buildings has emerged after the increasing phenomenon of sick building syndrome (Ashour 2014), which led to a decline in the productivity of users and affected their physical and mental performance. Because of the design of the buildings in which they work/reside. In the beginning the interest was It focuses on administrative and office buildings because the productivity of employees was translated directly into profits for employers, but later the importance of healthy design of residential buildings appeared, as the productivity of the employee is affected by the factors that affect the quality of his sleep and life in the hours spent at home also before arriving at work, hence the need for an approved evaluation standard that evaluates the performance of buildings in terms of health and its impact on the health, performance and psychology of users. The WELL Rating System, launched by IWBI (International WELL Building Institute) in 2017 (IWBI Delos Living LLC 2016), and the research measurement tool "WELL v2 Rating System", released in 2020, are released as the second version of WELL Building Standard TM. The research problem lies in the architects' disregard for the question of the effect of night outdoor lighting on the interior spaces of the rooms facing them when studying and designing residential projects (Bunjongjit and Ngaopitakkul 2018) social in the study area. The problem also came in the failure to evaluate the lighting design with the WELL classification system INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND URBAN RESEARCH PRINT
MANSOURA ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 2024
The Egyptian government has recently established many governmental mass housing projects to meet ... more The Egyptian government has recently established many governmental mass housing projects to meet the housing needs nationwide. These projects are characterized by their unified repetitive design that rarely consider geographic, climatic and social variations from one site to another. The study objectives are to examine the health performance of mass housing projects; “Dar Misr” as an example. Dar Misr consists of 150,000 units distributed over 15 different cities, and is fully finished with unified electrical installations and preinstalled luminaires. The study examines the health performance of the project’s lighting design, both natural and electrical light, using the “WELLV2 rating system as an evaluation tool method. WELLV2 is especially designed to rate buildings according to their health performance to eliminate the phenomena of related building illnesses worldwide. Field measurements and computer assisted simulations were done using luxmeter and ReluxTM tools. Lighting design of the study unit was examined in terms of intensity, uniformity, dimmability, glare, flickering, color reproduction and Melanopic ratio for both natural and electrical light sources. The study revealed lack of light intensity, improper light temperature, insufficient uniformity, high glare rates, high flickering, and low CRI values, all resulting in significant health impacts like visual blurring, eye fatigue, strain, headache, and insomnia. Previous studies have examined the performance of mass housing projects in terms of functionality, feasibility and sustainability, but this study examines their health impact and gives recommendations and modifications to improve their health-related performance. Further research is recommended to reveal the health impacts of mass housing projects in other design aspects (e.g. acoustics, thermal performance, ergonomics, etc.), to alleviate the possible negative health outcomes over thousands of families for years to come.
Fayoum University Journal of Engineering
Fayoum University Faculty of Engineering, 2023
Preserving heritage in buildings is an integral part of the process of preserving human identity.... more Preserving heritage in buildings is an integral part of the process of preserving human identity. It is illogical to believe that restoration alone is sufficient to preserve ancient buildings, but what really provides protection for these buildings is their reuse after restoration. The research problem lies in the failure to apply the concepts of sustainability in (the rehabilitation, maintenance and restoration) of the heritage buildings used as schools in Egypt, which negatively affects the performance of those schools environmentally, economically and socially, as well as on the level of scientific students and their awareness of the concept of sustainability. The objectives of the research were to study the rehabilitation, maintenance, restoration and preservation of ancient buildings converted into educational buildings, using several environmental techniques that take into account the heritage. The research deals specifically with the study of how to raise the efficiency of the functional performance of these buildings, by taking into consideration during the rehabilitation, maintenance, restoration and preservation operations. And set of results were the failure of the rehabilitated archaeological buildings to meet the local design standards with a high percentage in the provisions of the General Authority for Quality Assurance and the failure also to meet the standards of international standards, which is the LEED database for schools, Considerations and offices have been proposed Criteria for evaluating conservation and re-employment projects for ancient buildings converted into schools include sustainability criteria. Considerations and procedures for maintaining architectural works and decorative details were proposed.
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