IMPACT OF INCORPORATING NANOCOATINGS ONTO BUILDINGS TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE: CASE STUDY OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS - EGYPT

Abstract

Megacities face colossal challenge, mainly air pollution due to transportation, large number of inhabitants’ activities and energy use in all sectors. Thus, improving air quality in megacities is one of the urgent and major actions needed to enhance liveability in megacities in developed and developing countries. Several research studies indicated that the use of nanotechnology to solve pollution problems, where Nanocoatings are used to purify air around buildings’ facades or that entering into buildings. For a megacity like Cairo, causes of pollution may be vary depending on the geographical location, temperature, wind and weather factors, and pollution is dispersed differently. This thesis presents a study on the impact of using Nanocoating on residential buildings’ to improve air quality. The results show that titanium dioxide nanocoating reduce pollution inside buildings. Finally presents results, recommendations and future studies.