Author(s)

Ö. Altan Dombayci¹, Harun Kemal Ozturk², Öner Atalay³, Şengül Güven Acar³, Eylem Yilmaz Ulu³

¹Faculty of Technology, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
³Sarayköy Vocational High School, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.

In this study, the optimum insulation thickness of the external walls of the housing and it’s energy saving and environmental impact in the provinces—Ardahan, Aydin, Eskisehir and Samsun—located in four different climate regions of Turkey was calculated for the expanded polystyrene and polyurethane insulation materials. Natural gas and coal were selected as fuels. Ardahan in the coldest climate region and Aydin in the hottest climate region, for the coal and optimum thickness of expanded polystyrene and polyurethane insulation materials, the reduction of CO₂ and SO₂ emissions. In the study, the relations between annual energy cost saving and insulation thickness are given. The value of energy cost saving increases up to optimum insulation thickness and beyond this level, the energy cost saving is decreased. For coal and optimum thickness of expanded polystyrene and polyurethane insulation materials, the energy cost savings was higher for the cold climate regions when it was compared with the hot climate regions.

Optimum Insulation Thickness, Energy Saving, Environmental Impact

Dombayci, Ö. , Ozturk, H. , Atalay, Ö. , Acar, Ş. and Ulu, E. (2016) The Impact of Optimum Insulation Thickness of External Walls to Energy Saving and Emissions of CO₂ and SO₂ for Turkey Different Climate Regions. Energy and Power Engineering, 8, 327-348. doi: 10.4236/epe.2016.811030.