Enhancing low carbon neighborhood through building rehabilitation in Kerman City of Iran

This research aims to enhance low carbon neighborhood through rehabilitating the existing neighborhood by improving some part of neighborhood such as buildings, transportation, open space or green space and energy (production and consumption). The existing neighborhood produce a part of land within...

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Main Author: Mirzaei, Hamed
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2014
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spelling my-utm-ep.488212020-06-24T03:32:37Z Enhancing low carbon neighborhood through building rehabilitation in Kerman City of Iran 2014-06 Mirzaei, Hamed NA9000-9284 City planning This research aims to enhance low carbon neighborhood through rehabilitating the existing neighborhood by improving some part of neighborhood such as buildings, transportation, open space or green space and energy (production and consumption). The existing neighborhood produce a part of land within a determined distance that include house, school, small shops, library, road, public transportation and so on. Moreover, the concept of rehabilitate the existing neighborhood is to improve the neighborhood through repairing and renovating the component of the existing neighborhood. For improving the existing neighborhood, some appliances can be added to houses which will result in green energy production and will cause a decrease in energy consumption. Green space is another factor in improving neighborhood that causes an improvement in the environment of the existing neighborhood. Other factors include public transportation and bicycles. By increasing the bus stops, bike stations, and their facilities in neighborhood people can be encouraged into using them. This research’s methodology used questionnaire to find the people's behavioral patterns, problems in the neighborhood, and also to find and suggest suitable solutions. To find these factors one hundred respondents were selected to answer these questions. Based on the analysis performed, some factors that have many effects on neighborhood could be found. These factors include lack of green building or appliances for producing green energy, lack of green spaces in this neighborhood and so on. In addition, other factors will be discussed in this research. 2014-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48821/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48821/25/HamedMirzaeiMFAB2014.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:83689 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic NA9000-9284 City planning
spellingShingle NA9000-9284 City planning
Mirzaei, Hamed
Enhancing low carbon neighborhood through building rehabilitation in Kerman City of Iran
description This research aims to enhance low carbon neighborhood through rehabilitating the existing neighborhood by improving some part of neighborhood such as buildings, transportation, open space or green space and energy (production and consumption). The existing neighborhood produce a part of land within a determined distance that include house, school, small shops, library, road, public transportation and so on. Moreover, the concept of rehabilitate the existing neighborhood is to improve the neighborhood through repairing and renovating the component of the existing neighborhood. For improving the existing neighborhood, some appliances can be added to houses which will result in green energy production and will cause a decrease in energy consumption. Green space is another factor in improving neighborhood that causes an improvement in the environment of the existing neighborhood. Other factors include public transportation and bicycles. By increasing the bus stops, bike stations, and their facilities in neighborhood people can be encouraged into using them. This research’s methodology used questionnaire to find the people's behavioral patterns, problems in the neighborhood, and also to find and suggest suitable solutions. To find these factors one hundred respondents were selected to answer these questions. Based on the analysis performed, some factors that have many effects on neighborhood could be found. These factors include lack of green building or appliances for producing green energy, lack of green spaces in this neighborhood and so on. In addition, other factors will be discussed in this research.
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author Mirzaei, Hamed
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title Enhancing low carbon neighborhood through building rehabilitation in Kerman City of Iran
title_short Enhancing low carbon neighborhood through building rehabilitation in Kerman City of Iran
title_full Enhancing low carbon neighborhood through building rehabilitation in Kerman City of Iran
title_fullStr Enhancing low carbon neighborhood through building rehabilitation in Kerman City of Iran
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing low carbon neighborhood through building rehabilitation in Kerman City of Iran
title_sort enhancing low carbon neighborhood through building rehabilitation in kerman city of iran
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment
granting_department Faculty of Built Environment
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48821/25/HamedMirzaeiMFAB2014.pdf
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