Energy efficient design strategies for contemporary vernacular buildings in Egypt

See, stats, and : https : / / www . researchgate . net / publication / 258121209 Energy contemporary in Conference DOI : 10 . 1201 / b15685 - 104 CITATIONS 0 READS 211 1 : Marwa Lund 26 SEE All . The . ABSTRACT : Current practice of sustainable design encompasses a range of green strategies . Modern passive design concepts have learned to build upon climate responsive methodology that was found in and inspired from vernacular and traditional buildings . With the present energy crises in Egypt there is a cur - rent focus on the development of climate sensitive design building approaches . It will be the thrust of this paper to understand the precepts of passive and energy efficient climatic design , as well as their comple - mentary and integrated roles in the synthesis of climatic sustainable vernacular typology in contemporary practice . An existing project , design center in Sinai , Egypt has been chosen for its specific representation of cold versus hot climate passive vernacular solutions . The paper adopted a mixed survey approach and will discuss how the project had reached the optimum energy efficiency , and how this pilot project could help spreading the notions of contemporary energy efficient vernacular buildings .