Title: Exergy analysis of mass housing areas: Mavişehir I and II, Izmir

Authors: Yelda Mert; Nicel Saygın

Addresses: Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Zeve Campus, Van TR-65080, Turkey ' Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning, Izmir Institute of Technology, Urla, İzmir TR-35100, Turkey

Abstract: In this study, in terms of urban design, an exergy analysis of Mavişehir mass housing area in Izmir, Turkey is carried out based on spatial properties, shadow effects, wind effects and local climate to understand the importance of design strategies. The exergy analysis is applied with broad consideration covering the heat loads of the separate buildings for winter and summer. When the exergy results of Mavişehir I and Mavişehir II are compared it is found that Mavişehir II has less exergy by fuel and exergy load values. This may result from different design strategies in Mavişehir I where the same buildings and villas between residential buildings are located according to sea view, whereas in Mavişehir II, there is a heterogeneous pattern with various forms and heights of the residential buildings. It was also discovered that exergy efficiency of the area is 4.20% and the exergy flexibility factor is 19.3%.

Keywords: exergy analysis; building block design; energy-efficient design; city planning; urban planning; mass housing; energy efficiency; urban design; Turkey; spatial properties; shadow effects; wind effects; local climate; heat load; design strategies; building design; residential buildings; exergy efficiency; exergy flexibility factor.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2015.069316

International Journal of Exergy, 2015 Vol.17 No.1, pp.17 - 34

Received: 12 Nov 2013
Accepted: 08 May 2014
Published online: 11 May 2015 *

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