Design Analyses of Sustainable Solar Skyscraper in Cold Dry Climate of Urmia City, Iran

Contemporary building sector in Iran is responsible for approximately 40% of ever-increasing energy consumption. Moreover, fossil fuel consumptions cause environmental pollution with impact effects on ecology and human health. Considering the principles of Iranian architecture in terms of adaptability with the climate as well as its habitat providing comfort and ease for the users (inhabitants) of new houses must be specifically taken care of. With consideration to the mentioned item, sustainable solar skyscraper as 60-storey residential complex with an approximate area of one acre which covers more than 150 hundred families from various social classes in Urmia City is well-known as the city garden- designed. The sustainable vertical construction mentioned above would be designed by taking into account the biological facilities in four separate sections. Therefore, sustainable strategies including the collection of water and recycling it designed with the purpose of energy efficiency, garbage recycling, active and inactive solar architecture and other principles concerning human’s sustainable architecture would be taken into account. Sustainable solar architecture approaching energy efficient architecture and environmentally friendly concepts in harmony with local architecture patterns of this region considered for sustainable solar skyscraper in this region which present at least 35% electricity demand of its occupants. Finally, the whole material fabric and structure of the tower were subjected to an embodied energy and CO2 emission assessment, in order to understand the environmental impact of the project, and to define a balance between embodied and operational energy content. As a result, this type of vertical cities may be considered as a pattern for the similar projects in future.