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Journal of Engineering Research

Journal of Engineering Research

DOI

https://doi.org/10.70259/engJER.2025.931872

Abstract

Energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions are among the world's most pressing global problems, which have a significant impact on the global climate. The emergence of renewable and clean energy has shown a trend to convert buildings into zero energy buildings (NZEB) The concept of "buildings as power stations" (BAPS) has been shown, which means that buildings do not consume electricity that generates an unclean card, and they help generate, store and use electricity. As energy saving, the use of renewable and clean energy is one of the most important elements of urban sustainability. It has emerged in three main areas: environment, resources, economy, social life and urban sustainability, with a view to reducing pollution from all stages of construction (construction, operation and replacement), (The concept of urban sustainability is not new in our Arab and Islamic world. Urban sustainability has emerged in Islamic cities and buildings. The traditional architecture of Islamic Cairo is a product of the interaction between human thought and its environment to meet its needs and material and cultural needs. From UNESCO, Islamic Cairo was adopted as a heritage city by UNESCO in 1979.

The aim of the study is to study one of the most important buildings in Cairo Islamic, namely the house of Al-Suhaimi Bahar Al-Yabar, Bab Al-Fotouh and the urban fabric surrounding it, to study of the possibility of integrating solar energy by applying renewable energy technologies to generate energy using advanced systems of up to 50 kW, this is known as the "micro scale" renewable energy or Egypt to be the first historic building zero energy in historic Cairo to encourage the importance of research is to develop the environmental architectural elements used in Cairo Islamic architecture to improve its thermal performance, to study its applicability in contemporary architecture, and to devise ways to reduce energy consumption and encourage the use of renewable energy in the region. N according to historical standards for integrating energy in historic cities, to make them energy-efficient while preserving their historical value. The research uses the quantitative methodology in the study through the experimental and analytical method, by monitoring the thermal measurements of the building study case and analysing it to assess the energy consumption of the building and then presenting how to integrate and activate the renewable energy methods in the power generation of the building.

Keywords- Islamic Cairo, Historical Buildings, Bait Al-Suhaimi, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency.

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