Integrating Sustainable Energy Solutions into Urban Design Photovoltaic Panels - Case Study: Al-Rehab City, Cairo Tamer Aly Kamel Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Yehya M. Serag, Ain Shams University Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Antje Stokman, University of Stuttgart Prof. Dipl.-Ing. (hons) Carsten Vellguth, Ain Shams University
Abstract The residential sector is the largest consumer of energy globally and locally in Egypt. Thus, it is also the largest contributor to greenhouse gases. However, if the residential sector manages to reach sustainable energy autonomy, its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions has the potential to be neutralized. Photovoltaic (PV) panels bring clean energy directly into the built environment and, since the housing market in Egypt is dominated by the private sector, there is potential for real estate developers to not only draw out long-term and
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