Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Elias Özkan S. T. (Yürütücü), Çakmakli A. B.
TÜBİTAK Uluslararası Çoklu İşbirliği Projesi , 2016 - 2018
The “Smart bioclimatic low-carbon urban areas as innovative energy isles in the sustainable
city” project was planned to investigate, implement and validate energy neutral ‘Smart Urban
Isles’ (SUI), which were defined as ‘areas around a public building, that make use of the
synergies between the buildings and small scale renewable energy solutions. The aim was
to locally balance the energy system as much as possible. The Smart Urban Isle concept
was developed as an innovative basic energy unit in the Smart City, which can be expanded
to a larger scale by linking together several SUIs within the urban neighborhoods and
districts in order to achieve a smart integrated city.
The project was formed by three complementary and integrated blocks. Mini Networks,
Bioclimatic Building Design and the Energy Management Platform. Work pertaining to the
three blocks was carried experts from the partner institutions. The Turkish team was
responsible only for the Bioclimatic building design related work packages.
To this end, first a 3D model of the selected SUI area was produced and simulated at the
urban scale, to analyze its bioclimatic properties. Then two focus buildings were selected
and analyzed with four research tools: data logging to determine indoor thermal conditions;
IR imaging to determine the weak points (thermal bridges/infiltration) in the building
envelope; user satisfaction survey to determine their thermal comfort conditions; and
building performance simulations, first to determine the existing conditions and then to
integrate bioclimatic refurbishment solutions.
Based on the findings from these four sets of data, bioclimatic interventions were proposed
and tested in the virtual environment. Finally, the cost of the optimized solution was
calculated. It was seen that considerable energy savings (up to 38% for heating); and a total
amount of reduction in CO2 emissions (6.5% for heating, DHW and lighting), as well as,
increase in thermal comfort hours (40%) can be achieved with reasonable investment, if the
buildings are converted into bioclimatically responsive ones with passive design solutions.