A PASSIVE HOUSE STRATEGY FOR EFFICIENT ENERGY SAVING IN EGYPTIAN BUILDINGS

Abstract

Egyptians desperately need to save energy, especially in residential buildings. Where the government raised the electricity tariff and announced a policy to reduce electricity subsidies and then reduced to zero in 2021. This sudden economic situation created a real problem for the Egyptian consumers of electric power. This was the main motive for conducting this study to find a solution to save energy in the Egyptian buildings. The aim of this research is to develop a proposed framework for energy efficiency in Egyptian buildings by adopting the Passive House Criteria PHC as a leading global energy efficiency standard that provides up to 70-90% of energy consumption.