Evaluation of Adaptive Facades within Context of Sustainable Building in Northern Cyprus

The demands for sustainability are effectively growing and increasing the advancement. People in the field (builders, architects, engineers, and the construction sector) are trying to keep up with the growth of today's building technologies to achieve sustainability in buildings and reduce building energy consumption. These technologies are building envelopes, green roofs and walls, and photovoltaic systems. The façade represents the front of a building. Moreover, the façade is an essential part of a building's energy efficiency and plays a crucial role in the internal function of the building. The study aims to evaluate the adaptive façade systems in Northern Cyprus to significantly clarify which types of façade systems are more suitable and whether adaptive systems work in the conditions of Northern Cyprus. The case study is colored building one of the Faculty of Architecture buildings in the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU). And the analysis evaluates movable horizontal and vertical shading with integrated photovoltaic (PV) into façades northwest and southwest, the PV panels for generating energy, and shading for blocking and reducing energy usage in the building. The simulation software was the Design-Builder and the calculation by Energy Plus for system load of the colored building. The result of the analysis provides an explanation and answer to the problems. The research method is a qualitative evaluation, simulation tools, and case study. Data collection was done through literature review and observation to obtain data about adaptive façade systems. And the analysis part of the case study colored building with the result evaluation of Design-Builder, the total electricity end uses in CB without integrated PVs panels and shading is 656514.436 kwh. The energy that can be produced after integrated PV panels in horizontal shading in the southwest and northwest façades is 95062.464kwh. The energy that can be produced after integrated PV panels in vertical shading in the southwest and northwest façades is 96598.0144kwh. Keywords: adaptive façade, sustainable building, energy efficiency, colored building, design builder, energy plus.