Energy-Saving Patterns of Iranian Traditional Architecture in Various Climates

Tohid Fardpour

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.689.66

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Energy-Saving Patterns of Iranian Traditional Architecture in Various Climates

Abstract:

Iranian traditional architecture has always been a good example of climatic design and represents the techniques which our ancestors have found to improve their living conditions. By paying attention on Iranian traditional architecture we could confirm that its rules suit buildings in best way in sustainability and in correspondence to the local cultural, topographical and climatic conditions which have the least adverse effect on environment. One of the most significant features of traditional Iranian architecture is the special architectural specification in various climates, which makes each region distinct from the others. Investigations of different Iranian regions indicate that in past, different techniques and methods for controlling and making air movement in interior space of the building were common. Harsh climate of these areas in Iran forced people to build their houses with some strategies based on efficient energy consumption. In this paper different solutions of sustainability will be discussed in three different climate regions of Iran: hot-arid region, hot-humid region and humid-rainy regions (Southern Shores of Caspian Sea Region)