Indications for low-cost sustainability in Egyptian residential construction
Although sustainable building techniques and materials have always been used in the residential sector in Egypt, the calls for strategies to implement more environmentally friendly ways of the building have been rising. The study presents considerations on how and what can be done to make a sustaina...
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| author | Karim Kesseiba Mennat-Allah El-Husseiny |
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| description | Although sustainable building techniques and materials have always been used in the residential sector in Egypt, the calls for strategies to implement more environmentally friendly ways of the building have been rising. The study presents considerations on how and what can be done to make a sustainable and at the same time affordable design, not only with highly sophisticated systems; analyses the suburbs surrounding Cairo, describes case studies that have shown environmentally friendly solutions and concludes with a synoptic framework for affordable environmentally sustainable strategies which can be used for the housing sector. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d63dca7f55f94f10a9fb70e0fa74498a2025-02-02T09:29:26ZengLetteraVentidue SrlAgathón2464-93092532-683X2019-12-016online10.19229/2464-9309/6172019Indications for low-cost sustainability in Egyptian residential constructionKarim Kesseiba0Mennat-Allah El-Husseiny1Cairo UniversityCairo UniversityAlthough sustainable building techniques and materials have always been used in the residential sector in Egypt, the calls for strategies to implement more environmentally friendly ways of the building have been rising. The study presents considerations on how and what can be done to make a sustainable and at the same time affordable design, not only with highly sophisticated systems; analyses the suburbs surrounding Cairo, describes case studies that have shown environmentally friendly solutions and concludes with a synoptic framework for affordable environmentally sustainable strategies which can be used for the housing sector.https://www.agathon.it/agathon/article/view/166affordable sustainabilityhousing sectorvernacular materialsenvironmental awarenessCairo |
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| title | Indications for low-cost sustainability in Egyptian residential construction |
| title_full | Indications for low-cost sustainability in Egyptian residential construction |
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| title_short | Indications for low-cost sustainability in Egyptian residential construction |
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