Social Sciences and Humanities for Advancing Policy in European Energy (SHAPE-ENERGY)

SHAPE-ENERGY “Social Sciences and Humanities for Advancing Policy in European Energy” will develop Europe’s expertise in using and applying energy-SSH to accelerate the delivery of Europe’s Energy Union Strategy. Our consortium brings together 7 leading academic partners and 6 highly respected policy, industry and communications practitioners from across the Energy, Social Sciences and Humanities (energy-SSH) research field, to create an innovative and inclusive Platform. Our partners are involved in numerous European energy projects, have extensive, relevant networks in the energy domain, and represent exceptional coverage across SSH disciplines across Europe. These enable us to maximise the impact of our Platform delivery within an intensive 2-year project. SHAPE-ENERGY brings together those who ‘demand’ energy-SSH research and those who ‘supply’ that research to collaborate in ‘shaping’ Europe’s energy future. A key deliverable will be a “2020-2030 research and innovation agenda” to underpin post-Horizon 2020 energy-focused work programmes. It will highlight how energy-SSH can be better embedded into energy policymaking, innovation and research in the next decade. Our SHAPE-ENERGY Platform activities will involve >12,114 stakeholders and begin with scoping activities including: an academic workshop, call for evidence, interviews with business leaders and NGOs, online citizen debates and multi-level policy meetings. We will build on our scoping to then deliver: 18 multi-stakeholder workshops in cities across Europe, an Early Stage Researcher programme, Horizon 2020 sandpits, interdisciplinary think pieces, a research design challenge, and a pan-European conference. Our expert consortium will bring their considerable expertise to overcome difficulties in promoting interdisciplinary and cross-sector working, and reach out to new parts of Europe to create an inclusive, dynamic and open Platform. SHAPE-ENERGY will drive forward Europe’s low carbon energy future.CSA - Coordination and support action (H2020-LCE-2016-ERA

An investigation on airflow simulation study on urban scale for passive ventilation strategies

International Symposium on Urbanization and Environmental Problems: Transition/Transformation/Authenticity (2018 : Eskişehir, Turkey)Energy efficient building design has emerged by an active contribution of simulation and analysis tools on design stages. Especially in recent years, the concept of Building Information Modelling (BIM) has introduced a platform that incorporates the entire building lifecycle into the designers during the design phase. The program delivers an opportunity to acquire and manage the building in different design scenarios that have more efficient and more optimized solutions. The oil embargo imposed by OPEC countries in the 1970s emphasized the importance of going for energy consumption, and after these dates, the buildings were forced to be more conservative regarding both heating and cooling costs. To reduce energy consumption reduction of cooling and heating needs and to design more efficient HVAC devices has become a priority. The use of passive ventilation systems is also one of the essential inputs to energy expenditure in structure. In this respect, the obstruction of air flow is considered a critical factor as much as the design of the structure. The condition of surroundings and relations of prevailing wind in a layout of neighboring buildings are curial factors in passive ventilation design. The aim of the research presented here is that passive ventilation must initiate at the urban scale and then be introduced to building scale. Therefore, to be able to use passive ventilation in a building, it is first necessary to layout a city that respects the prevailing wind directions, and speeds then consider the calculation for a structure that can efficiently utilize the winds as natural ventilation element. As a case study, two different textured neighborhoods of Antalya that is a hot and humid city is selected for analyses on building height and the solid-void ratio of city context. The methodology of the research is first, created the mass models in the existing buildings and then, airflow simulation utilized to study the prevailing wind directions and speed derived from national meteorology database. The result of air circulation simulation maps in two neighborhoods in different urban contexts are evaluated and discussed in the paper. The study argue that running any passive design or a green design on only a building scale will underestimate the situation; it needs to be handled on the urban scale. The research aims to contribute to the work that will be done in this direction.No sponso

Evaluate and measure performance of the building design to reduce energy consumption

Recent Advances in Energy Conservatıon Techniques for Buildings Workshop: From Micro Scale to Urban Level (2017 : İstanbul, Turkey)Understanding a construction site and the impacts associated with building on it has been for a long time a primary concern of green professionals (Emarald Architecture 2008). Traditional design results in adverse effects on the environmental and therefore concerned architects are attempting to minimize the problems of the past and create a new path to follow for the future. Therefore, Green Buildings can be proposed as a solution that reduces energy consumption while maintaining occupant comfort. The technics of the Green Design collected over the years by concerned professionals to eliminate the negative impact on the environment. These technics are not always requiring high-technology solutions; even low- technology solutions can make measurable differences such as using energy simulation programs to evaluate design alternatives to provides more factual data to identify improvements and confidently suggest building design alternatives that will reduce energy consumption. In this study some basic passive design strategies are applied and represented in scenarios. The results, impact percentages of each parameter changes in each scenario were given credit rather than focusing on quantitative results. The methodology of this research consisted of numerous simulations to provide energy efficient design alternatives that properly apply to a structure.No sponso

An Investigation on Benefit-Cost Analysis of Greenhouse Structures in Antalya

Significant population increase across the world, loss of cultivable land and increasing demand for food put pressure on agriculture. To meet the demand, greenhouses are built, which are, light structures with transparent cladding material in order to provide controlled microclimatic environment proper for plant production. Conceptually, greenhouses are similar with manufacturing buildings where a controlled environment for manufacturing and production have been provided and proper spaces for standardized production processes have been enabled. Parallel with the trends in the world, particularly in southern regions, greenhouse structures have been increasingly constructed and operated in Turkey. A significant number of greenhouses are located at Antalya. The satellite images demonstrated that for over last three decades, there has been a continuous invasion of greenhouses on all cultivable land. There are various researches and attempts for the improvement of greenhouse design and for increasing food production by decreasing required energy consumption. However, the majority of greenhouses in Turkey are very rudimentary structures where capital required for investment is low, but maintenance requirements are high when compared with new generation greenhouse structures. In this research paper, life-long capital requirements for construction and operation of greenhouse buildings in Antalya has been investigated by using benefit-cost analysis study

Ankara'da Mesken Isıtmanın Doğrudan Geri Tepme Etkisi Ve Sebepleri

TÜBİTAK SOBAG Proje15.05.2019Artan enerji talebi ve enerji güvenliği ile iklim değişikliği konusundaki kaygılar birçok ülkedeenerji verimliliğinin önemli enerji politika hedeflerinde biri olmasına yol açmıştır. Enerjiverimliliği iyileştirmelerinin enerji tüketimini ve CO2 salımlarını azaltacağı düşünülmektedir.Fakat tüketici davranışları sebebiyle gerçekleşen enerji tasarrufları genellikle öngörülentasarruflardan daha az olmaktadır. Enerji verimliliği ile ilintili enerji politika önlemi sonuçlarınınölçülmesinde önemli bir faktör olan bu kavram geri tepme etkisi olarak bilinmektedir. Geritepme etkisi gelişmiş ülkelerde çalışılmış olmasına rağmen gelişmekte olan ülkelerde yapılançalışmalar sınırlıdır. Ayrıca, çalışmaların çoğunluğu sosyal faktörleri göz ardı ederekekonomik analizlere odaklanmıştır.Bu çalışmada, mesken ısıtma için doğrudan geri tepme etkisi Ankara?daki haneler için enerjiverimliliği uygulamalarına yönelik ekonomik ve sosyal göstergelere dayalı birincil ve ikincilverileri kullanarak çalışılmıştır. Ayrıca, geri tepme etkisi ile ilintili demografik, bina özellikleri vedavranışsal faktörler araştırılmış ve beraberinde Türkiye?deki politika yapıcılara çıkarımlardabulunulmuş ve öneriler verilmiştir.Growing energy demand and concerns about energy security and climate change has led energyefficiency to become one of the important energy policy objectives in many countries. It is conceivedthat energy efficiency improvements will decrease energy consumption and CO 2 emissions. However,actual efficiency savings are often less than projected savings because of consumer behavior. Thisconcept is known as rebound effect which is an important factor to be considered while estimatingresults of energy policy measures related to energy efficiency. While rebound effect has been studiedfor developed countries, studies in developing countries are limited. Moreover, most studies havebeen focused only on economic analysis by neglecting social factors.In this study, direct rebound effect for space heating targeting households in Ankara is studied byusing the primary and secondary data related to economic and social indicators for energy efficiencyapplications in buildings. Moreover, the demographic, dwelling characteristics and behaviour factorsthat have effect on the rebound effect are explored and concomitantly inferences andrecommendations are made to policy makers in Turkey

Histochemical investigation of the effects of Cyclamen graecum extracts on the rat lower gastrointestinal system

Aim: It is known that saponins, triterpenoid or steroidal glycosides, have effects on gastrointestinal system (GIS) and mucus. Cyclamen graecum , a tuberous plant belonging to the Primulaceae family, contains cyclamin as the main saponin. In the present study, it was aimed to investigate the effects of C. graecum tubers ethanolic extracts at the concentrations of 0.1 and 0.3 g/L on the rat lower GIS histomorphology and mucus intensity. Material-Method: In this study, rats were allocated to 3 groups, each comprising 5 rats [Group I: Control group, physiologic saline was administered; Group II: Experimental group, 0.1 g/L(aq) C. graecum extract was administered; Group III: Experimental group, 0.3 g/L(aq) C. graecum extract was administered]. C. graecum tubers ethanolic extracts were given orally to the rats during 10 weeks. At the end of the experimental period, Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E), Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS), Alcian Blue (AB) pH 1 and AB pH 2.5 histochemical staining techniques were employed on the tissue samples of small and large intestines in order to demonstrate the histomorphological structures, the neutral, sulphated and acidic mucosubstances, respectively. Results: In both experimental groups, small and large intestine histomorphology, and AB and PAS positive reaction intensities of neutral, acidic, and sulphated mucosubstances were similar to the control group. Discussion: It can be suggested that the C. graecum ethanolic extract has no effect on the rat lower GIS histomorphology and mucus intensity at the administered doses in our study

Compliance of standard forms of construction contracts and protocols with BIM-adopted construction sector in USA and UK

International Project and Construction Management Conference (IPCMC) (5. : 2018 : Girne, Cyprus)After increase in efforts in science and technology during the 20th century, cultural memory that a nation or civilization take benefits on daily practices solidified as civil institutions and get started a standard way of agreements in between project participants. There are two initial implications and thus two different approaches of standard contracts published in USA and UK by American Institutes of Architects (AIA) and Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry widely take benefits from these standard versions of contracts. These efforts are supported by some technological solutions at late of 20th century by involvement of digital design and drafting tools and internet. Later, these solutions are provided by development and introduction of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to AEC industry, which is totally in conflict with traditional contract bodies. On the other hand, although BIM provide various benefits and try to integrate all disciplines and project participants in a project life-cycle, there is still differences in standard way of contracts and contract addendums in published BIM protocols in USA and UK. In this study, it is aimed to uncover compliance of these released contracts and protocols with AEC industry needs.No sponso