Meet the editor

Dr. Ayşem Berrin Çakmaklı is an instructor in the Department of Architecture at METU. She received her B.Arch., M.S., and Ph. D. degrees from the Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, specializing in Building Science. Her master thesis was on sustainable architecture and sustainable building materials and their effects on human and environment health. The title of her Ph.D. thesis is "Life Cycle Assessment of Build-

ing Materials in Hotel Refurbishment Projects: A Case Study in Ankara". Her main fields of interest are ecological and sustainable architecture, energy efficiency, life cycle assessment of buildings, building performance evaluations, and lighting in architecture. She currently teaches energy and environmental design, appropriate building materials, building detailing modelling, and basic design studio.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

*by Aysem Berrin Cakmakli*

*by Jideofor Anselm Akubue*

*by Ivan Oropeza-Perez*

*by Kazutoshi Fujihira*

**Preface III**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Passive Housing Design Strategies **9**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 27**

Assessment of Sustainable Housing Strategies **39**

**Chapter 4 41**

**Chapter 5 63** Social Innovation and Environmental Sustainability in Social Housing Policies:

**Chapter 6 83**

Socioeconomic Influences on Affordable Housing Residents: Problem

Effects of Street Geometry on Airflow Regimes for Natural Ventilation in

Three Different Street Configurations in Enugu City

Fundamentals of Natural Ventilation Design within Dwellings

Comprehensive Strategy for Sustainable Housing Design

Learning from Two Experimental Case Studies in Italy

*by Rossana Galdini and Silvia Lucciarini*

Definition and Possible Solutions *by Deborah J. Bowen and Lisa Quintiliani*

Introductory Chapter: Healthy and Affordable Housing Strategies

## Contents


Preface

In a perfect human settlement - providing food, shelter, communications,

In addition to covering primer passive design principles in different climatic conditions through examples, the book devotes sections to different sustainability point of views: environmental, social, and economic. Determining the needed strategy according to function, economy, and occupant comfort and affordability is the crucial step. Creating a framework for designing and building sustainable and durable structures is important in order to reduce carbon emissions and operation costs. This book helps the reader achieve a sustainable development without destruction of the resources while also growing a universal awareness of protecting

The book contains an introductory chapter and four chapters authored by several academicians and researchers in the housing field. Within every chapter, the reader will be given an overview of determined parameters on the subject and, in many cases, a description of the authors' original proposed solution. The content of the

**Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: Healthy and Affordable Housing** 

This chapter focuses on healthy housing due to the sustainable design strategies not having any harmful results on human and environmental health. This chapter

**Chapter 2: Effects of Street Geometry on Airflow Regimes for Natural Ventilation in Three Different Street Configurations in Enugu City**

In this chapter, efficient natural ventilation, according to the micro climate conditions of an urban environment, is analyzed. Two different regions (recirculation region and ventilated region) in an urban street have different characteristics because of the flow and the street geometry. This chapter looks at these regions of airflow cultivation in a high-density residential settlement in a

shows that according to sustainability criteria, not only the environmental responsiveness but also social and economic responsiveness should be taken into

scientists in architecture, planning, and construction.

the living and non-living environment.

book is organized as follows:

tropical African city as a case study.

**Strategies**

consideration.

employment, an efficient environment for the occupants' better performance - all human needs are satisfied without significantly polluting or destroying the natural environment. The depletion and degradation of natural resources and their effects, diseases, and disasters must be taken into consideration. This is a global problem so there must be cooperation. The contents of this book are based on the different architectural strategies that aim to achieve a low-energy, healthy, and sustainable built environment using the extensive experience of the authors, researchers, and
