Pilot 5 - Ozyegin University

Location map & conditions (climate)

Location: Istanbul – Turkey

Continental climate:

Max temp: 33ºC
Min temp: 0ºC
Av humidity: 45%

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Description

Building type

LEED Certified Academic
Building including laboratories, offices, classrooms and a coffee shop
Size: 26,000 m2
Construction date: 2011

Building owner & users

Number of regular users: 130 employees and 100 students

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100

Gender classification: 65% men & 35% women

65%

35%

Average age: 25 years

25

Public Autothority: Ozyegin University

ICTs Installed

CIRCE building has implemented a modern lighting control based on occupancy detectors.

Energy. Consumption

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Kwh PE/m2 per year

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Heating: 1.45 m kWh

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Electricity 1.73 m kWh natural gas

Energy. Production

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PV 16.8% annual average

Main Challenge

The building we will renovate within TRIBE project is the first building of Ozyegin University. Even though it is a very sophisticated building with LEED Gold certificate, it is almost 30% below the targeted energy use, mainly because of the problems with automation, sun

shades and under prediction of residence behavior. Overall, the design of sun shades was not done in a proper way and consequently, they do not allow effective use of the sun’s positive impact during winter, and its negative impact to the air conditioning load during the summer months. Automation was not tied to solar shades or to human comfort in an effective way. The behavioral responses of the students and the faculty members, as well as the general expectations from the lighting of the classrooms need clear improvement.

TRIBE targets

The installation of new ICT controls, with the improvement of the current monitoring system, the modification of the sun shades and a more robust response from the users is expected to generate energy savings close to 30%.