Post Energy Audit of Two Mosques as a Case Study of Intermittent Occupancy Buildings: Toward more Sustainable Mosques

Younness EL Fouih, Amine Allouhi, Jamil Abdelmajid, Tarik Kousksou and Youssef Mourad
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Younness EL Fouih: École Supérieure de Technologie de Fès, Université Sidi Mohamed Ibn Abdellah Route d’Imouzzer, Fes BP 2427, Morocco
Amine Allouhi: École Supérieure de Technologie de Fès, Université Sidi Mohamed Ibn Abdellah Route d’Imouzzer, Fes BP 2427, Morocco
Jamil Abdelmajid: École Supérieure de Technologie de Fès, Université Sidi Mohamed Ibn Abdellah Route d’Imouzzer, Fes BP 2427, Morocco
Tarik Kousksou: Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur Appliquées à la Mécanique et au Génie Electrique (SIAME), Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour—IFR—A. Jules Ferry, 64000 Pau, France
Youssef Mourad: École Supérieure de Technologie de Fès, Université Sidi Mohamed Ibn Abdellah Route d’Imouzzer, Fes BP 2427, Morocco

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 23, 1-22

Abstract: Mosques are buildings with a unique occupancy schedule and special energy and water consumption scheme. Generally, this type of buildings lacks the application of energy efficiency solutions and sustainable guidelines during the conception, construction and the operation phase. Interestingly, these iconic edifices can play a key role in raising awareness for sustainability and promoting cleaner energy technologies. The first aim of this work is to present energy audit results, recommended energy savings solutions for two historical mosques in Marrakech (Morocco). A detailed discussion of the adopted solutions is presented and an economic assessment was performed. Then, a two-year energy savings evaluation was conducted for the two mosques. Conclusions about the adequacy of the proposed solutions is presented. The second part is dedicated to outline some guidelines and sustainable criteria to consider for establishing an international sustainable mosques label. The creation of a such sustainable label will encourage spreading sustainable best practices in mosques and other types of buildings. It will also help to compare sustainable performances of different mosques around the world by establishing an adapted sustainable rating system.

Keywords: building energy audit; post energy audit results; sustainable mosques; sustainable label guidelines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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