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    Sustainable Vs. Conventional Villa A Case Study of Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme, Al Seyouh-Sharjah
    (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2024-03) AL HOSANI, RASHID; Professor Bassam Abu-Hijleh
    The Gulf Region has witnessed rapid economic growth and infrastructural development beginning in the 21st century. The United Arab Emirates has emerged as one of the region's major economic and technological hubs due to its distinct commercial infrastructure, thereby growing its reputation. Against this backdrop, this paper's primary concern lies within the country’s housing infrastructure for its citizens. As the country is undertaking massive housing projects as part of its ongoing infrastructure progress, the paper seeks to inform the government about cost reduction techniques to alleviate the government and its citizens’ pockets in the housing sector while enhancing sustainability. These techniques are critical considerations for reducing utility costs with optimized efficiency. The four critical proposed parameters in this respect are HVAC, lighting parameters, building envelope, and solar water heaters. The study has found that HVAC systems with a higher coefficient of performance upgraded from the current 3.4 to 3.6 and 4.1 provide a potential 2.3 to 7.0% energy savings and simultaneously enhance sustainability. The study has also found that optimizing lighting parameters with the proposed Lighting Power Density Scenarios achieves energy savings ranging from 10.4% to 13.9% in villas. Furthermore, the study discovered that utilizing a more optimized range of U-Values in building envelopes can save housing utility energy, lowering annual costs for inhabitants by at least 10.9%. Finally, the report found that switching from conventional power to solar water heaters results in a 7.1% savings. Overall, the study discovered that applying all the above-mentioned parameters can result in total average energy savings ranging from 26% to 30%.