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Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Author "Melki, Habib, Ph.D."

Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Author "Melki, Habib, Ph.D."

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  • Enhancing building envelope performance and resistance in the high mountains of Lebanon 
    Geagea, Tony L. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2020-08)
    In the high mountains of Lebanon, internal comfort heavily relies on fuel consumption for indoor space heating. Being a country that lacks natural resources such as fuel and gas, the energy sector in Lebanon had been unable to meet the market demand for a long time. The simple solution that was adopted to compensate for the electricity shortage over the past years was to rely on private generators for power supply. This solution urged additional energy costs for heating and cooling demands through the inefficient use of air cooling and heating, and since cooling and heating depend primarily on ...
  • Guidelines for the solar chimney application : as a passive single and Integrated strategy for heating and cooling residential buildings in Aley – western mid-mountain climatic zone of Lebanon 
    Saad Eddine, Nour (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2020)
    Solar Chimney (SC) is a passive design used to enhance natural ventilation and space conditioning in a building, limiting the energy requirement of the building to low operational costs. In Lebanon, high energy consumption of residential buildings is recorded mainly for heating and cooling, marking the highest consumption in the Western Mid Mountain (WMM) climatic zone. Thus, proposing the SC application for limiting this high thermal demand in residential buildings of the WMM zone for both heating and cooling would limit the total energy consumption. SC design has various types (Stand-alone SC ...
  • Thermal performance of passive envelope systems in liwan typology: case of Mid-Mountains regions in Lebanon 
    Fatayri, Bassel (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022)
    Vernacular architecture (VA) can be a model for sustainable architecture (Mirahmadi and Altan, 2017), while maintaining harmony with the context, environment, climatic conditions, and uses local available materials. Vernacular practices vary by the use of techniques, materials, and methods of construction in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment (Al Tawayha et al., 2019). It bears a cultural identity that is often lost in some rural areas and has developed strategies that are considered as climatic responsive, minimize the energy consumption, and assure the indoor thermal ...

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