Perspectives on Political Economy and Architecture (Necessity of Sustainability of Approaches in Architectural Design in Higher Education Institutions of Mazandaran Province)

Year 2015, Volume: 36 Issue: 3, 3370 - 3379, 13.05.2015

Abbas Alıpour-nakhı , Javad Ramezanpour Kambiz Rezghı

Abstract

Abstract. The perspective about finishing the world’s reserves of fossil fuel in the next few decades and globalization, followed by increased competition between countries has led to energy optimization that is introduced as a strategic policy by economists and statesmen of countries. The funds are spent on studies and research in the field of new energies to replace fossil fuels, in each year new ways to optimize the energy in the world are introduced. There are millions of students and training personnel in the country who spend every day in buildings that none of them apply any effort to have their energy consumption efficient. The design of these buildings is thinkable. Creating new spaces in university buildings by applying sustainable architecture approaches to add energy saving features is the main objective of this study. This study is descriptive – analytical and its objective is to investigate Necessity of Sustainability of Approaches in Architectural Design in Higher Education Institutions of Mazandaran Province. The target population of this research is the students of Higher Education Institutions of Mazandaran Province among them 384 samples are selected through simple random method. They are directly questioned. After field data collection through questionnaires relationships between variables of research has been tested using SPSS software. The results of one sample t-test indicated that from point of view of the population Necessity of Sustainability of Approaches in Architectural Design in Higher Education Institutions of Mazandaran Province the calculated mean 4.93 was significantly more than the expected item 3.5 and some factors such as ( lack of new technologies, using inappropriate materials, unsuitable placement of the building, inefficient management of energy, poor quality of mechanical and electrical facilities, improper layout of the openings in the space, including the inappropriate size of the openings )have a key role  as change needs in the design approach of higher education institutions.

Keywords

Higher education - Political economy – Energy- Stability - Higher Education Institutions - Architectural Design

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