Journal of Iranian Architecture & Urbanism(JIAU)

Abstract In the recent century, due to the reduced energy consumption and excessive use of non-renewable resources in the building sector, passive solar heating is one of the architectural design strategies for efficient energy use. Trombe wall and Greenhouse are the most important passive systems. This project, by conducting field-laboratory studies, evaluated the energy consumption in five different models from the combination of a Trombe wall a the Greenhouse with a chamber in the first and second six months of the year in the cold climate of Ardabil city. In this research, the idea is not to consume, but to use green energy and minimize energy consumption through the absorption of renewable energy in the building, in this regard; architectural design can play a very important role. This research is semiexperimental and uses a simulation research method. In order to achieve the goals of the project, the Design Builder software has been used to analyze the conditions. According to the studies, it is realized that with the installation of the Trombe wall with window and adding shading to the southern side of the building, the average temperature will be 20/67°C in the winter and 22/84°C in summer, and the comfort
temperature will be 18-22°C in all months of the year. We can also receive a enough daylight during the day and we can achieve environmental sustainability and reduce costs apart from achieving comfort in the environment, and reducing non-renewable energies.

Abstract User-oriented change management in educational spaces will provide an opportunity to maintain productivity at an acceptable level through minimal time and capital. The current study attempted to enhance productivity in educational spaces. By a comparative analysis of student needs throughout the change management of school spaces, this paper explored what changes are essential to bring an educational space to desirable conditions, and whether the change priorities are identical for all students from different classes. In achieving these objectives, effort was made to adopt a hybrid model (quantitative - qualitative) to evaluate the physical elements of classroom space based on drawings received from a total of 150 female third-graders at 6 different classes in Ardabil, Iran. The results demonstrated that change priorities varied from the perspective of students from each classroom depending on their specific preferences. This emphasized the significance of individualistic attitude and decision-making on physical transformation of primary schools. In that light, it is crucial to focus on users of educational spaces throughout the change process, thereby to ensure each change will promote the quality of spaces and meet both user preferences and organizational productivity.

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