Due to increasing the demand for low income housing projects, the Egyptian Government has constructed a large number of identical residential units all over the country regardless the climatic condition of each location and the economic and environmental aspects in design and construction process. This has led to lack of thermal comfort in the indoor environment and increasing in energy consumption. On the other hand, this problem can be solved by choosing the appropriate building material with respect to environmental design principles. It can greatly improve the thermal performance and reduce the negative impact of these projects on human and environment. The main aim of this research is to evaluate the thermal behavior of the current low income housing prototype (case study) and improve it using alternative sustainable building materials and techniques in order to reach human thermal comfort. It also provides an analytical study of global experiences on using friendly

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Global warming is one of the most public issues that occupy the minds of everyone, as modern societies suffer from total depends on energy, which causes increased carbon emissions and greenhouse gases, which cause global warming.The issue of research is therefore to reduce carbon emissions in the building sector using the principles of zero-carbon architecture (ZCA) which produces at least as much energy as it uses in a year, which means obtaining green architecture using modern technologies and use alternative energy to reduce energy consumption.The research aims to approach and measure Zero Carbon Architecture in Egypt (ZCAE), then clarification the returns of applying ZCA for the state and scenarios of ZCA application in Egypt, New Damietta city by using smart material & pv A photovoltaic system to reduce the consumption of energy uses to obtaining ZCA and this confirmed by a questionnaire for specialists, which was placed as an appendix ,then Using an analytical method to explore and learn from some of the examples applied to ZCA in the world, and to obtain results and principles that have been applied in the applied research as a case study.The results of the research were to obtain a modified model applied ZCA for an industrial building and to maximize the results by applying it to the industrial zone, as well as making a measurement for ZCA using zero tool application.