Abstract
AbstractResidential buildings constitute a large proportion of the building sector in Egypt, with approximately 83.2% of existing buildings comprising 13,467,33 units out of a total of 16,185,063 buildings being residential buildings. Thus, the residential sector is the main consumer of energy compared to other sectors, accounting for 42.7% of total electricity consumption. This is due to several factors, the most important of which is the excessive consumption of air conditioning units. Therefore, the concept of a environmental home has become a prevailing requirement, as it consumes fewer resources, produces less harmful waste, and ensures that our actions and decisions today do not hinder opportunities for future generations89. However, traditional unenvironmental residential communities predominate in Egypt, and the application of environmental design is limited to new residential communities. Therefore, this research discusses the mechanism for transforming traditional residential communities into environmental residential communities by discussing the concepts of green and environmental design, strategies for improving energy efficiency, and comparing the most important environmental efficiency assessment systems to conclude a proposed mechanism for transforming a traditional housing model into environmental housing and testing the proposed mechanism through an applied model of a housing unit in two residential complex first one located in a residential complex (October Plaza) within the city of 6th of October, second one located in a residential complex in New Cairo (Villette) and testing the proposal using the EDGE programme: Certify Green Buildings with EDGE.