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Prof. Parastoo Pourvahidi
Assistant professor doctor in cyprus international university

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0 Architectural Design
0 Urban design, space syntax
0 Bioclimatic design
0 Climatic design
0 Vernacular architecture

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Journal article
Published: 20 May 2020 in Sustainability
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One of the fundamental determinants of buildings is the protection of the people who live and work within them from a harsh climate, but a lot of buildings in Nigeria are no longer providing the required comfort needed. The gas emissions through the use of mechanical equipment and lack of energy efficiency in buildings are the major causes of climate change. The way architecture responds to climate change is important. Thus, this research attempted, by using the new bioclimatic chart, to prepare the new climate classification of Nigeria. The research was aimed at establishing a bioclimatically based approach for architecture in Nigeria. By retrieving the climatic data from thirty-six Nigerian meteorological stations about characteristics of each region, bioclimatic analysis was achieved. According to the bioclimatic analysis of this research, Nigeria can be divided into five different climatic regions, such as hot-dry, hot-humid, temperate-dry, temperate-humid, and temperate-dry with a cool climate. We aimed to prove that the climate classification gives the proper answer, dependent upon the vernacular architecture analyzed on Nigeria.

ACS Style

Tolulope Dorcas Mobolade; Parastoo Pourvahidi. Bioclimatic Approach for Climate Classification of Nigeria. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4192 .

AMA Style

Tolulope Dorcas Mobolade, Parastoo Pourvahidi. Bioclimatic Approach for Climate Classification of Nigeria. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (10):4192.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Tolulope Dorcas Mobolade; Parastoo Pourvahidi. 2020. "Bioclimatic Approach for Climate Classification of Nigeria." Sustainability 12, no. 10: 4192.

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Published: 14 June 2019 in Sustainability
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Unfortunately, most Iranian contemporary buildings in different climatic regions are constructed in the same way, with no consideration for climatic comfort. Electrical equipment for cooling and heating in Iran is easy to use and cheap. However, all of the natural resources, such as gas and oil, will one day be depleted, so how will future generations cope? Architects need to create a sample model for each climatic region, in which spaces are arranged to maximize thermal comfort periods, with a passive design. This research conducts an environmental analysis of traditional Iranian buildings in the hot-humid, temperate-humid, and cool climatic regions of Iran, making use of graph theory and a matrix analysis method, both of which are fast and easy to use for the assessment of naturally ventilated buildings. The selected traditional building envelope, spatial organization and seasonal movements of the users in the buildings were examined to determine the design characteristics of traditional buildings. The findings were used to develop a model to help architects to design openings and spatial locations in buildings, according to the natural ventilation and solar control of traditional buildings in the climatic regions of Iran. The model can be used as a guide for contemporary passive building design during the design stage.

ACS Style

Parastoo Pourvahidi; Polat Hancer. Scrutinizing Solar Gain and Ventilation in Traditional Iranian Architecture Based on Graph Theory and Matrix Analysis. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3296 .

AMA Style

Parastoo Pourvahidi, Polat Hancer. Scrutinizing Solar Gain and Ventilation in Traditional Iranian Architecture Based on Graph Theory and Matrix Analysis. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (12):3296.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Parastoo Pourvahidi; Polat Hancer. 2019. "Scrutinizing Solar Gain and Ventilation in Traditional Iranian Architecture Based on Graph Theory and Matrix Analysis." Sustainability 11, no. 12: 3296.