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Scientific Reports

The high percentage of carbon emissions, which leads to various environmental problems such as ai... more The high percentage of carbon emissions, which leads to various environmental problems such as air pollution and global warming, is one of the critical issues resulting from the growth of cities. International agreements are being established to prevent these negative effects. Non-renewable resources are also being depleted and may become extinct in future generations. Due to the extensive use of fossil fuels by automobiles, data show that the transportation sector is responsible for roughly a quarter of worldwide carbon emissions. On the other hand, in developing nations, energy is scarce in many neighborhoods and districts because the governments are unable to meet the community's need for power supply. This research aims to work on techniques that will reduce the carbon emissions produced by roadways while also building environmentally friendly neighborhoods by electrifying the roads using (RE). A novel component called "Energy-Road Scape" (ERS) elements will be use...

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Scientific reports, 2023

The high percentage of carbon emissions, which leads to various environmental problems such as ai... more The high percentage of carbon emissions, which leads to various environmental problems such as
air pollution and global warming, is one of the critical issues resulting from the growth of cities. International agreements are being established to prevent these negative effects. Non-renewable resources are also being depleted and may become extinct in future generations. Due to the extensive use of fossil fuels by automobiles, data show that the transportation sector is responsible for roughly a quarter of worldwide carbon emissions. On the other hand, in developing nations, energy is scarce in many neighborhoods and districts because the governments are unable to meet the community’s need for power supply. This research aims to work on techniques that will reduce the carbon emissions produced by roadways while also building environmentally friendly neighborhoods by electrifying
the roads using (RE). A novel component called "Energy-Road Scape" (ERS) elements will be used to demonstrate how to generate (RE) and, hence, reduce carbon emissions. This element is the result
of integrating streetscape elements with (RE). This research presents a database for ERS elements and properties as a tool for architects and urban designers to design ERS elements instead of utilizing regular streetscape elements.

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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Waste management comprises the actions required for managing waste material produced from human a... more Waste management comprises the actions required for managing waste material produced from human activities from its source of origin to its final removal. Usually, it collects resources from all forms of matter such as gaseous, liquid, solid, and radioactive. This action is made to avoid the negative effects of wastes on the environment and human wellbeing. The effect of accumulating waste may be highly severe for numerous communities in developing countries such as Egypt. Egyptian neighbourhoods suffer from effects of accumulating local wastes and garbage. Public health and the visual image of the neighbourhoods, in addition to the different social, economic, and environmental aspects of life are also harmed. In Egypt, this issue becomes more challenging because the defined policies for waste managementare yet in their dawn stage and hence, results are not yet as anticipated, which inflicts severe environmental hazards on Egyptian communities and drains a large portion of the local...

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WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, 2022

Recently, parks have been recognized as one of the main contributors in the strategic objectives ... more Recently, parks have been recognized as one of the main contributors in the strategic objectives of urban projects, since they provide job opportunities, place attractiveness, increase the real estate market and property values, tourist development, increase the since of social belonging between the residents, improving the public health and the quality of the residents’ life. The presented research is aiming to investigate the effect of Landscape features on the quality of life (QOL) inside Egyptian parks. This study has been inspired by early theorists like “Maslow” and other theorists who have followed Maslow’s footsteps. They analysed and measured the concept of quality of life (QOL)into two well-known terms “human needs” and “well-being”. The study explores the impact of landscape features towards “human needs and well-being”. Lately, Egypt is suffering from inflation and economic crisis which affect the Egyptians life style. Most of the Egyptian society is living a stressful l...

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Environment, Development and Sustainability

The streetscape of any city reflects the natural built fabric of the street and adds to the exper... more The streetscape of any city reflects the natural built fabric of the street and adds to the experiential quality of that space. A sustainable streetscape ensures that the spaces are long-lasting and functional as a part of the greater sustainable eco-system. Over the past two centuries, mankind has increased the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere from 280 to more than 380 parts per million by volume, and it is still increasing every day. If Earth continues to emit carbon without control, the surface temperature is expected to rise by 3.4 °C by the end of this century. Climate change of that magnitude would likely have serious, long-lasting, and, in many cases, devastating consequences for the planet Earth. Egypt has become one of the biggest emitters of atmospheric pollutants from the transportation sector. The level of carbon emissions and its effect on air quality are placed high on the research agenda. The transportation sector has a great impact on increasin...

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Sustainable Cities and Society

The building sector is benefitting from the significant advancements in clean energy harvesting t... more The building sector is benefitting from the significant advancements in clean energy harvesting technologies. The function of building products is witnessing a huge leap to extend beyond mere functional requirements to account for the environmental benefit as well. Piezoelectric flooring tiles are amongst the most promising for indoor energy generation especially in public buildings with great occupancy patterns and intensity. Hence, this study presents a comprehensive review of literature for the use of piezoelectric. The next step deducted parameter integration for the proper selection of piezoelectric tiles. This determined its successful application in the building industry-especially the transportation section which has a notable contribution to energy consumption and emission release. These were divided into factors related to the project type and location, as well as proper selection of the piezoelectric tile product. This hypothesis was tested in the case study. Hence, the application of piezoelectricity was investigated in a Metro station in a core urban area in Egypt, with an estimate of almost 57,000 daily passengers. The selection of the metro line and station as well as the location of installing the tiles was based on the highest passenger density class which provided the greatest step-footage. Furthermore, the selection of the number and type of piezoelectric tiles was determined based on the current project's energy consumption. The study compared the two shortlisted types of tiles in terms of their power generation capacity, initial capital cost, lifespan and expected savings. The results showed that twelve tiles were needed to generate the station's needs for electric energy using Sustainable Energy Floor tiles while only eight tiles were needed using Waynergy piezoelectric tiles. The results also showed a decrease in energy consumption and carbon emissions.

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Proceedings of the 2020 9th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering (ICSIE)

New designing techniques are used recently during the design phases of buildings to adapt the env... more New designing techniques are used recently during the design phases of buildings to adapt the environment and achieve human thermal comfort, one of these designing techniques is using energy simulation software's. However, architects need to understand the capabilities of these software's and its operation systems, when it comes to designing and modelling passive buildings. Moreover the validity of the design outcomes which is the main concern of this research. These energy simulation software's helps architects to estimate the building's energy efficiency in order to achieve human thermal comfort. This study will focus on studding and analyzing one of the well-known simulation software's used for building's energy simulations which is called "Design-Builder". The presented research will measure the accuracy of Design-Builder outcomes by comparing the accuracy of the thermal simulation in Design-Builder software to the results obtained from the experimental data. A Bookstore kiosk located in El-Sherouk city, Cairo, Egypt was chosen to be the study area of this research. The research will compare the simulation results of this Kiosk to the field's experimental measurements obtained from site visit. The results reveled that there is differences between the field measurements and the simulation ranged between 1 to 5°C. The study analyzed the causes of these differences and provided some proposals to improve Design-Builder software in order to provide more accurate data in simulating hot arid climates.

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WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS

Schools and universities are the main spaces for learning, in which he building design can easily... more Schools and universities are the main spaces for learning, in which he building design can easily affect the learning and interactive process where indoor environment should be considered carefully when designing these learning spaces. One of the most important factors considered is lighting. The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of different types of indoor lighting on the learning and interactive process. In this research, The indoors lighting efficacy in two different types of educational places were tested in a quantitative way in addition to users survey for these places to test their satisfaction with the current indoor lighting quality which results that the users prefers natural lighting although it got negative feedback due to inconsistency. Finally, this research gives some recommendations for the usage of the indoors lighting to further enhance the learning and interactive process

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Journal of Engineering Research

In the last two decades, the percentage volume of carbon emissions has increased from 280 to more... more In the last two decades, the percentage volume of carbon emissions has increased from 280 to more than 380 parts per million in the atmosphere, the problem is that it is still increasing daily in which it caused many environmental hazard that has been seen the last couple of years. The end of this century, It is expected that the uncontrolled amount of emissions emitted to the atmosphere will increase the surface temperature of plant earth by 3.4ºC. Worldwide, the percentage of carbon emissions in the atmosphere and its effect on air quality has been the main concern of scientist and researchers in the past decade. Egypt, is one of the biggest emitters that surfer from atmospheric pollution, almost 24% of the atmosphere pollutants in Egypt is from the transportation sector due to the heavy use of fossil fuels. Reducing the roads carbon emissions through streets design and form is the main scope of this research. This research intend to control the amount of carbon emission released ...

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WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Cigarette filters are one of the most littered objects in the world that damage the environment. ... more Cigarette filters are one of the most littered objects in the world that damage the environment. Incorporation in construction bricks offers the prospect of limiting damage and solves the recyclability problem for a typical non-biodegradable waste. This paper aims to explore that prospect, by adding cigarette filters in the production of two samples of fired clay bricks with the cigarette filters comprising 5% and 10% of the volume. The mixing and molding processes were done manually which had an effect on the bricks when tested, The results of testing were corresponding with those of previous studies (outside Egypt), however, only one sample of 5% Cigarette butts volume bricks complied with the Egyptian standards for bricks used in non-load bearing uses. The industrial production of these bricks is highly recommended as it will surpass the required Egyptian standards, save a significant amount of natural resources and eliminate cigarette waste.

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IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

In the last few decades there has been speedily increasing in the agriculture and industrial wast... more In the last few decades there has been speedily increasing in the agriculture and industrial wastes. This causes many environmental issues and raises the potential to contaminate the natural resources of living such as water, air and soil. Recently, the amount of organic waste produced daily has been rising, while it is poorly managed. It is either burned or disposed improperly, which effect negatively the environment and public health. On the other hand, during the cement production process many wastes, and pollutants are generated which have major negative impacts on the environment. Cement is considered as a substantial constituent of building materials in the construction industry. Many research’s intended to explore the potential of utilizing organic waste products in the construction industry by partially replacing cement with organic wastes such as sugarcane bagasse to create an eco-friendly brick with appropriate structure properties. Previous research’s used different treat...

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Civil Engineering and Architecture

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Cleaner Engineering and Technology

Abstract Recently, the world starts to suffer from the shortage of fresh water, in which it effec... more Abstract Recently, the world starts to suffer from the shortage of fresh water, in which it effect the survivor of people in many countries which cannot afford the costs of desalinate seawater. More than 50,000 children die every year from the shortage of fresh water. In Egypt, the need for fresh water is increasing daily due to the high demands from the growing population. Moreover, Ethiopian dam put Egypt and Sudan in a very risky situation. Egyptian North coast urban settlements are located far away from the River Nile and regular methods for seawater desalination is highly expensive as well as transferring fresh water from River Nile to north coast urban settlements is not an option. This research intends to present cheap system for seawater desalination by integrating solar glass pyramid tank with building sanitation system and replacing it with the regular building water tanks. The presented research used experimental method to investigate the efficiency of solar glass pyramid tank. The research built solar glass pyramid tank in hot arid climate region which is Cairo-Egypt, and measure the amount of seawater desalinated and compare it with the amount of water consumed in single residential house. This tank will desalinate the seawater using the solar radiation to evaporate the seawater and turn it to steam, the steam will be stored in another tank as fresh water. According to the presented research, SGP will satisfy almost 3% of the basic needs for fresh water in single-family unit in which it can satisfy the drink and cooking activity in middle class single family home. The percentage of desalinated water will increase if SGP tank were linked to heater system that accelerate the evaporation process.

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WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

The pollution rate has increased during the last decades, the increasing percentage of CO2 and me... more The pollution rate has increased during the last decades, the increasing percentage of CO2 and methane causes environmental problems such as changing in climate and rising of new diseases that jeopardize the public health. Creating a clean and healthy environment is an essential goal to protect the planet and human race. The environmental changes became a great issue all over the world especially in the developing countries such as Egypt, lately the electricity generation process and the heavy usage of fossil fuel increased the numbers of children infected by asthma and lung problems due to the air pollution. In order to have clean and healthy environment, these countries must reduce the use of non-renewable sources and replace them with clean renewable sources. Relying on non-renewable sources for electricity generation is not a suitable option anymore for the developing countries that suffers from economic problem, has no medical insurance policy and has high pollution rates such ...

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International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)

In last few years, research on renewables were shifted from integrating renewable energy (RE) wit... more In last few years, research on renewables were shifted from integrating renewable energy (RE) with buildings into integrating renewable energy (RE) within urban environment due to the large occupies of urban areas in comparing to the building foot print. Urban areas such as urban landscape areas have a great potential in generating huge amount of energy that could satisfy the needs of urban neighbor-hoods. The presented research identify the properties of a new elements called Energy-scape elements (ESE) that integrates RE devices with urban landscape el-ements. This research focuses on analyzing the efficiency of web-based applica-tion called “Energy-scape software” (ESS) and compare its efficiency with Ener-gy-scape database (ESD) through a qualitative method. The research concludes that Energy-scape software (ESS) application is an effective tool for implement-ing Energy-scape elements (ESE) and it overcome the basic knowledge of archi-tects and landscape designers toward renewab...

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Journal of Cleaner Production

Abstract There is a major shift toward integrating renewable energy (RE) within the urban context... more Abstract There is a major shift toward integrating renewable energy (RE) within the urban context to create zero energy buildings, passive buildings and smart cities. Landscape approximately occupies 65% of the urban area, which nominates landscape to play a major role in generating energy from renewable sources (e.g. solar, wind, etc). In order to achieve this objective, “Energy-scape” elements have been introduced to generate clean and efficient energy by integrating renewable energy (RE) devices with landscape elements. Previous research presented Energy-scape database to help landscape and urban designers to replace landscape with Energy-scape elements and to focus on integrating renewable energy (RE) within the urban environment. Several architects and landscape designers still lack the basic knowledge of RE, never to mention, the complexity of Energy-scape database that is continuously updated. Furthermore, the lack of computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools that can help architects, designers and decision-makers to swiftly integrate RE devices with the urban environment is another barrier to spread the implementation of similar projects. This research attempts to overcome this challenge by introducing a new web-based application to design landscape while integrating Energy-scape elements in urban environment. The algorithm of this web-based application analyzes existing landscape based on existing resources to select suitable Energy-scape elements, required area, and the best suitable locations of these elements within a specific project. The proposed algorithm enables the users to modify suggested locations and area of the Energy-scape elements to meet the project’s needs in term of the available budget, area or the required energy production. Further, the new algorithm calculates the impact of integrating Energy-scape elements within the project in term of cost (e.g. capital and running costs), lifetime, and total energy saving. Moreover, the current paper introduces a simplified user-friendly web-based tool of the proposed new algorithm that will help architects and landscape designers to use Energy-scape elements efficiently within their projects. The efficiency of the presented web-based application will be tested in a case study of Al-Azhar Park in Cairo, Egypt to validate the software capabilities in a real-case scenario. The research concludes that the proposed software application is an effective tool for landscape designers to use Energy-scape elements through identifying the optimum type and location of them within landscape design projects and calculating the impact of using them in terms of energy-savings and carbon emission (CO2) reduction.

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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Waste management comprises the actions required for managing waste material produced from human a... more Waste management comprises the actions required for managing waste material produced from human activities from its source of origin to its final removal. Usually, it collects resources from all forms of matter such as gaseous, liquid, solid, and radioactive. This action is made to avoid the negative effects of wastes on the environment and human wellbeing. The effect of accumulating waste may be highly severe for numerous communities in developing countries such as Egypt. Egyptian neighbourhoods suffer from effects of accumulating local wastes and garbage. Public health and the visual image of the neighbourhoods, in addition to the different social, economic, and environmental aspects of life are also harmed. In Egypt, this issue becomes more challenging because the defined policies for waste managementare yet in their dawn stage and hence, results are not yet as anticipated, which inflicts severe environmental hazards on Egyptian communities and drains a large portion of the local...

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These days, the third worlds countries such as Egypt are facing a hug challenge toward energy pro... more These days, the third worlds countries such as Egypt are facing a hug challenge toward energy production. Energy crisis is the most critical issue facing these developing countries. In the recent couple of years Egypt has experienced a serious shortage in the power supply which affect negatively the industry sector as well as the residential sector due to the shortage of natural gas production and fossil fuel which prevented the government from providing the basic needs of Energy to the community. Moreover, it affects negatively the developing of this country and building a new mega projects. Renewable energy sources can be an extraordinary method to tackle the energy issue in Egypt, the increasing of energy costs and decreasing of fissile fuel production helps in decreasing the gap between the cost of generating Energy from renewables and fissile fuel. It is important to set up public Egyptian facilities based on renewable energy as metro stations instead of relying upon fossil fue...

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Scientific Reports

The high percentage of carbon emissions, which leads to various environmental problems such as ai... more The high percentage of carbon emissions, which leads to various environmental problems such as air pollution and global warming, is one of the critical issues resulting from the growth of cities. International agreements are being established to prevent these negative effects. Non-renewable resources are also being depleted and may become extinct in future generations. Due to the extensive use of fossil fuels by automobiles, data show that the transportation sector is responsible for roughly a quarter of worldwide carbon emissions. On the other hand, in developing nations, energy is scarce in many neighborhoods and districts because the governments are unable to meet the community's need for power supply. This research aims to work on techniques that will reduce the carbon emissions produced by roadways while also building environmentally friendly neighborhoods by electrifying the roads using (RE). A novel component called "Energy-Road Scape" (ERS) elements will be use...

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Scientific reports, 2023

The high percentage of carbon emissions, which leads to various environmental problems such as ai... more The high percentage of carbon emissions, which leads to various environmental problems such as
air pollution and global warming, is one of the critical issues resulting from the growth of cities. International agreements are being established to prevent these negative effects. Non-renewable resources are also being depleted and may become extinct in future generations. Due to the extensive use of fossil fuels by automobiles, data show that the transportation sector is responsible for roughly a quarter of worldwide carbon emissions. On the other hand, in developing nations, energy is scarce in many neighborhoods and districts because the governments are unable to meet the community’s need for power supply. This research aims to work on techniques that will reduce the carbon emissions produced by roadways while also building environmentally friendly neighborhoods by electrifying
the roads using (RE). A novel component called "Energy-Road Scape" (ERS) elements will be used to demonstrate how to generate (RE) and, hence, reduce carbon emissions. This element is the result
of integrating streetscape elements with (RE). This research presents a database for ERS elements and properties as a tool for architects and urban designers to design ERS elements instead of utilizing regular streetscape elements.

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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Waste management comprises the actions required for managing waste material produced from human a... more Waste management comprises the actions required for managing waste material produced from human activities from its source of origin to its final removal. Usually, it collects resources from all forms of matter such as gaseous, liquid, solid, and radioactive. This action is made to avoid the negative effects of wastes on the environment and human wellbeing. The effect of accumulating waste may be highly severe for numerous communities in developing countries such as Egypt. Egyptian neighbourhoods suffer from effects of accumulating local wastes and garbage. Public health and the visual image of the neighbourhoods, in addition to the different social, economic, and environmental aspects of life are also harmed. In Egypt, this issue becomes more challenging because the defined policies for waste managementare yet in their dawn stage and hence, results are not yet as anticipated, which inflicts severe environmental hazards on Egyptian communities and drains a large portion of the local...

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WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, 2022

Recently, parks have been recognized as one of the main contributors in the strategic objectives ... more Recently, parks have been recognized as one of the main contributors in the strategic objectives of urban projects, since they provide job opportunities, place attractiveness, increase the real estate market and property values, tourist development, increase the since of social belonging between the residents, improving the public health and the quality of the residents’ life. The presented research is aiming to investigate the effect of Landscape features on the quality of life (QOL) inside Egyptian parks. This study has been inspired by early theorists like “Maslow” and other theorists who have followed Maslow’s footsteps. They analysed and measured the concept of quality of life (QOL)into two well-known terms “human needs” and “well-being”. The study explores the impact of landscape features towards “human needs and well-being”. Lately, Egypt is suffering from inflation and economic crisis which affect the Egyptians life style. Most of the Egyptian society is living a stressful l...

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Environment, Development and Sustainability

The streetscape of any city reflects the natural built fabric of the street and adds to the exper... more The streetscape of any city reflects the natural built fabric of the street and adds to the experiential quality of that space. A sustainable streetscape ensures that the spaces are long-lasting and functional as a part of the greater sustainable eco-system. Over the past two centuries, mankind has increased the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere from 280 to more than 380 parts per million by volume, and it is still increasing every day. If Earth continues to emit carbon without control, the surface temperature is expected to rise by 3.4 °C by the end of this century. Climate change of that magnitude would likely have serious, long-lasting, and, in many cases, devastating consequences for the planet Earth. Egypt has become one of the biggest emitters of atmospheric pollutants from the transportation sector. The level of carbon emissions and its effect on air quality are placed high on the research agenda. The transportation sector has a great impact on increasin...

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Sustainable Cities and Society

The building sector is benefitting from the significant advancements in clean energy harvesting t... more The building sector is benefitting from the significant advancements in clean energy harvesting technologies. The function of building products is witnessing a huge leap to extend beyond mere functional requirements to account for the environmental benefit as well. Piezoelectric flooring tiles are amongst the most promising for indoor energy generation especially in public buildings with great occupancy patterns and intensity. Hence, this study presents a comprehensive review of literature for the use of piezoelectric. The next step deducted parameter integration for the proper selection of piezoelectric tiles. This determined its successful application in the building industry-especially the transportation section which has a notable contribution to energy consumption and emission release. These were divided into factors related to the project type and location, as well as proper selection of the piezoelectric tile product. This hypothesis was tested in the case study. Hence, the application of piezoelectricity was investigated in a Metro station in a core urban area in Egypt, with an estimate of almost 57,000 daily passengers. The selection of the metro line and station as well as the location of installing the tiles was based on the highest passenger density class which provided the greatest step-footage. Furthermore, the selection of the number and type of piezoelectric tiles was determined based on the current project's energy consumption. The study compared the two shortlisted types of tiles in terms of their power generation capacity, initial capital cost, lifespan and expected savings. The results showed that twelve tiles were needed to generate the station's needs for electric energy using Sustainable Energy Floor tiles while only eight tiles were needed using Waynergy piezoelectric tiles. The results also showed a decrease in energy consumption and carbon emissions.

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Proceedings of the 2020 9th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering (ICSIE)

New designing techniques are used recently during the design phases of buildings to adapt the env... more New designing techniques are used recently during the design phases of buildings to adapt the environment and achieve human thermal comfort, one of these designing techniques is using energy simulation software's. However, architects need to understand the capabilities of these software's and its operation systems, when it comes to designing and modelling passive buildings. Moreover the validity of the design outcomes which is the main concern of this research. These energy simulation software's helps architects to estimate the building's energy efficiency in order to achieve human thermal comfort. This study will focus on studding and analyzing one of the well-known simulation software's used for building's energy simulations which is called "Design-Builder". The presented research will measure the accuracy of Design-Builder outcomes by comparing the accuracy of the thermal simulation in Design-Builder software to the results obtained from the experimental data. A Bookstore kiosk located in El-Sherouk city, Cairo, Egypt was chosen to be the study area of this research. The research will compare the simulation results of this Kiosk to the field's experimental measurements obtained from site visit. The results reveled that there is differences between the field measurements and the simulation ranged between 1 to 5°C. The study analyzed the causes of these differences and provided some proposals to improve Design-Builder software in order to provide more accurate data in simulating hot arid climates.

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WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS

Schools and universities are the main spaces for learning, in which he building design can easily... more Schools and universities are the main spaces for learning, in which he building design can easily affect the learning and interactive process where indoor environment should be considered carefully when designing these learning spaces. One of the most important factors considered is lighting. The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of different types of indoor lighting on the learning and interactive process. In this research, The indoors lighting efficacy in two different types of educational places were tested in a quantitative way in addition to users survey for these places to test their satisfaction with the current indoor lighting quality which results that the users prefers natural lighting although it got negative feedback due to inconsistency. Finally, this research gives some recommendations for the usage of the indoors lighting to further enhance the learning and interactive process

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Journal of Engineering Research

In the last two decades, the percentage volume of carbon emissions has increased from 280 to more... more In the last two decades, the percentage volume of carbon emissions has increased from 280 to more than 380 parts per million in the atmosphere, the problem is that it is still increasing daily in which it caused many environmental hazard that has been seen the last couple of years. The end of this century, It is expected that the uncontrolled amount of emissions emitted to the atmosphere will increase the surface temperature of plant earth by 3.4ºC. Worldwide, the percentage of carbon emissions in the atmosphere and its effect on air quality has been the main concern of scientist and researchers in the past decade. Egypt, is one of the biggest emitters that surfer from atmospheric pollution, almost 24% of the atmosphere pollutants in Egypt is from the transportation sector due to the heavy use of fossil fuels. Reducing the roads carbon emissions through streets design and form is the main scope of this research. This research intend to control the amount of carbon emission released ...

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WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Cigarette filters are one of the most littered objects in the world that damage the environment. ... more Cigarette filters are one of the most littered objects in the world that damage the environment. Incorporation in construction bricks offers the prospect of limiting damage and solves the recyclability problem for a typical non-biodegradable waste. This paper aims to explore that prospect, by adding cigarette filters in the production of two samples of fired clay bricks with the cigarette filters comprising 5% and 10% of the volume. The mixing and molding processes were done manually which had an effect on the bricks when tested, The results of testing were corresponding with those of previous studies (outside Egypt), however, only one sample of 5% Cigarette butts volume bricks complied with the Egyptian standards for bricks used in non-load bearing uses. The industrial production of these bricks is highly recommended as it will surpass the required Egyptian standards, save a significant amount of natural resources and eliminate cigarette waste.

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IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

In the last few decades there has been speedily increasing in the agriculture and industrial wast... more In the last few decades there has been speedily increasing in the agriculture and industrial wastes. This causes many environmental issues and raises the potential to contaminate the natural resources of living such as water, air and soil. Recently, the amount of organic waste produced daily has been rising, while it is poorly managed. It is either burned or disposed improperly, which effect negatively the environment and public health. On the other hand, during the cement production process many wastes, and pollutants are generated which have major negative impacts on the environment. Cement is considered as a substantial constituent of building materials in the construction industry. Many research’s intended to explore the potential of utilizing organic waste products in the construction industry by partially replacing cement with organic wastes such as sugarcane bagasse to create an eco-friendly brick with appropriate structure properties. Previous research’s used different treat...

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Civil Engineering and Architecture

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Cleaner Engineering and Technology

Abstract Recently, the world starts to suffer from the shortage of fresh water, in which it effec... more Abstract Recently, the world starts to suffer from the shortage of fresh water, in which it effect the survivor of people in many countries which cannot afford the costs of desalinate seawater. More than 50,000 children die every year from the shortage of fresh water. In Egypt, the need for fresh water is increasing daily due to the high demands from the growing population. Moreover, Ethiopian dam put Egypt and Sudan in a very risky situation. Egyptian North coast urban settlements are located far away from the River Nile and regular methods for seawater desalination is highly expensive as well as transferring fresh water from River Nile to north coast urban settlements is not an option. This research intends to present cheap system for seawater desalination by integrating solar glass pyramid tank with building sanitation system and replacing it with the regular building water tanks. The presented research used experimental method to investigate the efficiency of solar glass pyramid tank. The research built solar glass pyramid tank in hot arid climate region which is Cairo-Egypt, and measure the amount of seawater desalinated and compare it with the amount of water consumed in single residential house. This tank will desalinate the seawater using the solar radiation to evaporate the seawater and turn it to steam, the steam will be stored in another tank as fresh water. According to the presented research, SGP will satisfy almost 3% of the basic needs for fresh water in single-family unit in which it can satisfy the drink and cooking activity in middle class single family home. The percentage of desalinated water will increase if SGP tank were linked to heater system that accelerate the evaporation process.

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WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

The pollution rate has increased during the last decades, the increasing percentage of CO2 and me... more The pollution rate has increased during the last decades, the increasing percentage of CO2 and methane causes environmental problems such as changing in climate and rising of new diseases that jeopardize the public health. Creating a clean and healthy environment is an essential goal to protect the planet and human race. The environmental changes became a great issue all over the world especially in the developing countries such as Egypt, lately the electricity generation process and the heavy usage of fossil fuel increased the numbers of children infected by asthma and lung problems due to the air pollution. In order to have clean and healthy environment, these countries must reduce the use of non-renewable sources and replace them with clean renewable sources. Relying on non-renewable sources for electricity generation is not a suitable option anymore for the developing countries that suffers from economic problem, has no medical insurance policy and has high pollution rates such ...

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International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)

In last few years, research on renewables were shifted from integrating renewable energy (RE) wit... more In last few years, research on renewables were shifted from integrating renewable energy (RE) with buildings into integrating renewable energy (RE) within urban environment due to the large occupies of urban areas in comparing to the building foot print. Urban areas such as urban landscape areas have a great potential in generating huge amount of energy that could satisfy the needs of urban neighbor-hoods. The presented research identify the properties of a new elements called Energy-scape elements (ESE) that integrates RE devices with urban landscape el-ements. This research focuses on analyzing the efficiency of web-based applica-tion called “Energy-scape software” (ESS) and compare its efficiency with Ener-gy-scape database (ESD) through a qualitative method. The research concludes that Energy-scape software (ESS) application is an effective tool for implement-ing Energy-scape elements (ESE) and it overcome the basic knowledge of archi-tects and landscape designers toward renewab...

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Journal of Cleaner Production

Abstract There is a major shift toward integrating renewable energy (RE) within the urban context... more Abstract There is a major shift toward integrating renewable energy (RE) within the urban context to create zero energy buildings, passive buildings and smart cities. Landscape approximately occupies 65% of the urban area, which nominates landscape to play a major role in generating energy from renewable sources (e.g. solar, wind, etc). In order to achieve this objective, “Energy-scape” elements have been introduced to generate clean and efficient energy by integrating renewable energy (RE) devices with landscape elements. Previous research presented Energy-scape database to help landscape and urban designers to replace landscape with Energy-scape elements and to focus on integrating renewable energy (RE) within the urban environment. Several architects and landscape designers still lack the basic knowledge of RE, never to mention, the complexity of Energy-scape database that is continuously updated. Furthermore, the lack of computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools that can help architects, designers and decision-makers to swiftly integrate RE devices with the urban environment is another barrier to spread the implementation of similar projects. This research attempts to overcome this challenge by introducing a new web-based application to design landscape while integrating Energy-scape elements in urban environment. The algorithm of this web-based application analyzes existing landscape based on existing resources to select suitable Energy-scape elements, required area, and the best suitable locations of these elements within a specific project. The proposed algorithm enables the users to modify suggested locations and area of the Energy-scape elements to meet the project’s needs in term of the available budget, area or the required energy production. Further, the new algorithm calculates the impact of integrating Energy-scape elements within the project in term of cost (e.g. capital and running costs), lifetime, and total energy saving. Moreover, the current paper introduces a simplified user-friendly web-based tool of the proposed new algorithm that will help architects and landscape designers to use Energy-scape elements efficiently within their projects. The efficiency of the presented web-based application will be tested in a case study of Al-Azhar Park in Cairo, Egypt to validate the software capabilities in a real-case scenario. The research concludes that the proposed software application is an effective tool for landscape designers to use Energy-scape elements through identifying the optimum type and location of them within landscape design projects and calculating the impact of using them in terms of energy-savings and carbon emission (CO2) reduction.

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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Waste management comprises the actions required for managing waste material produced from human a... more Waste management comprises the actions required for managing waste material produced from human activities from its source of origin to its final removal. Usually, it collects resources from all forms of matter such as gaseous, liquid, solid, and radioactive. This action is made to avoid the negative effects of wastes on the environment and human wellbeing. The effect of accumulating waste may be highly severe for numerous communities in developing countries such as Egypt. Egyptian neighbourhoods suffer from effects of accumulating local wastes and garbage. Public health and the visual image of the neighbourhoods, in addition to the different social, economic, and environmental aspects of life are also harmed. In Egypt, this issue becomes more challenging because the defined policies for waste managementare yet in their dawn stage and hence, results are not yet as anticipated, which inflicts severe environmental hazards on Egyptian communities and drains a large portion of the local...

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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

These days, the third worlds countries such as Egypt are facing a hug challenge toward energy pro... more These days, the third worlds countries such as Egypt are facing a hug challenge toward energy production. Energy crisis is the most critical issue facing these developing countries. In the recent couple of years Egypt has experienced a serious shortage in the power supply which affect negatively the industry sector as well as the residential sector due to the shortage of natural gas production and fossil fuel which prevented the government from providing the basic needs of Energy to the community. Moreover, it affects negatively the developing of this country and building a new mega projects. Renewable energy sources can be an extraordinary method to tackle the energy issue in Egypt, the increasing of energy costs and decreasing of fissile fuel production helps in decreasing the gap between the cost of generating Energy from renewables and fissile fuel. It is important to set up public Egyptian facilities based on renewable energy as metro stations instead of relying upon fossil fue...

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IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019

Waste management comprises the actions required for managing waste material produced from human a... more Waste management comprises the actions required for managing waste material produced from human activities from its source of origin to its final removal. Usually, it collects resources from all forms of matter such as gaseous, liquid, solid, and radioactive. This action is made to avoid the negative effects of wastes on the environment and human wellbeing. The effect of accumulating waste may be highly severe for numerous communities in developing countries such as Egypt. Egyptian neighbourhoods suffer from effects of accumulating local wastes and garbage. Public health and the visual image of the neighbourhoods, in addition to the different social, economic, and environmental aspects of life are also harmed. In Egypt, this issue becomes more challenging because the defined policies for waste managementare yet in their dawn stage and hence, results are not yet as anticipated, which inflicts severe environmental hazards on Egyptian communities and drains a large portion of the local economy. This study aims to propose a technique to manage the organic waste in Egypt by storing them in anaerobic digesters which turns the wastes into electricity and biogas. It will focus on investigating current social and environmental aspects of the neighbourhood, to determine if this proposal will be appropriate as a solution for getting rid of organic wastes and generate energy, in order to create sustainable neighbourhood. A questionnaire took place revealing that using anaerobic digesters will help the Egyptian government in solve one of its major challenges which is getting rid of neighbourhood's wastes which decreasing the level of pollutions and epidemics especially in low income districts.

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