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Performance analysis of passive solar buildings
(Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2014-04) Arpacı, Mahmud Sami; Soygeniş, Sema
Energy needs in our rapidly developing world constantly escalate. Especially after the industrial revolution these needs have been satisfied of fossil fuels. However, energy generation by fossil fuels bears byproducts causing serious environmental damage. Inattentively excessive usage of these sources specifically brings about great danger to nature and our future. Currently the effects of the damage are observed explicitly and have been disturbing our daily lives; ergo, immediate measures ought to be taken and regulations of energy generation and consumption to be made. Executing these regulations is relatively easier for developing and evolving countries such as Turkey with respect to developed countries. Environment friendly energy generation techniques need to be sought and examined. Existing energy needs should be covered with sources which do not harm nature and their utilization should be improved. Meanwhile in order to achieve proliferation and adoption of alternative sources by the society certain practices need to be introduced. The sun is the biggest and cleanest renewable energy source we have. Usage of sun energy instead of fuel for heating of the buildings is investigated primarily in this study. Taking advantage of the fact that solar radiation exposure period is long in Turkey due to geographical properties, passive use of the sun is investigated thoroughly. Examinations have been done to lay out the results of passive use of the sun in conditions of Turkey. Buildings from places with similar weather conditions to Turkey and buildings constructed in Turkey were analyzed with different methods by computer software. As the output report of the analyses were compared and evaluated, the studies were concluded.