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Moradi, Ali and Brotas, Luisa (2017) Towards sustainability in Iranian buildings. In: PLEA 2017 Conference: Design to thrive, 2-5 July 2017, Edinburgh (UK).
This paper offers an overview of construction solutions to promote sustainability practices in the Iranian building industry. A special emphasis is given to the reduction of energy and the achievement of comfort to the occupants. Sustainable practices in buildings, often termed as a green construction or sustainable buildings, refer to using structures and processes that should be used to reduce the environment impact and promote the use of sustainable resources during the life-cycle of a building from scratch to design, construction, repairs, renovations, operations, and destruction. This paper examines contemporary design and construction practice in buildings in terms of its sustainable performance. It aims to show that better performance is possible by the adoption of basic environmental design criteria with building materials and components available. This is done by modelling a building with Energy Plus software and measuring its performance. An improved scenario is compared with a typical building for a given construction technology and materials used. The study concludes that the new modelled building employing simple modifications in resources, technology of construction and components (produced and available locally), is more sustainable and energy efficient compared to the traditional building.
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