Table 1 Reviewed literature.
Paper title | Main findings | Relevance | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
A comprehensive review on thermal performance and envelope thermal design of mosque buildings | Reviews thermal performance and envelope design in mosques, stressing the need for optimal design to improve thermal comfort and energy efficiency | It suggests to investigate how minarets, affect the thermal comfort and energy consumption, considering their design. It suggests future studying minarets as a wind catcher or cooling towers | |
The Minaret: A reassessment of architectural function and religious value, in light of modern technology | The minarets are no longer needed for their original purpose. It suggests reallocating funds spent on minarets towards economical alternatives | This shift represents a call to rethink mosque architecture in response to technological advancements and economic considerations | |
Elements of Islamic architectural heritage: Minaret | Highlights the evolving of minarets. It underscores the potential for contemporary technology and construction methods to reinvent minarets not just as symbols, but as integral, functional elements | The study suggests minarets can serve innovative roles, such as air traps, power generators, and sources of natural lighting, thus contributing to green objectives | |
Ventilation in a mosque—an additional purpose the minarets may serve | Explores how minarets can serve in ventilation in mosques, particularly in the warm-humid climate of dhaka. It proposes the innovative use as ventilation towers. Using coiled pipes to heat the shaft as a solar chimney | The passage highlights the significant potential for future research to delve into the specific benefits of using minarets for ventilation, focusing on the varying effects under different conditions. It also pointed to the importance of CFD software to simulate different variables | |
A new design of the minaret as a two-sides wind catcher integrated with the wing wall for passive evaporative cooling in hot climates | Introduces a design for a minaret acting as a two-sided wind catcher integrated with a wing wall, aimed at enhancing passive cooling in hot climates | The methodology combines computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations with wind tunnel experiments to evaluate the design's effectiveness | |
Viability of wind towers in achieving summer comfort in the hot arid regions of the Middle east | Both conventional and modern designs of wind towers can effectively provide thermal comfort in hot arid regions of the Middle East | It discusses the advantages of integrating such systems into modern building designs | |
The application of traditional architecture as passive design strategies for modern architecture in hot dry climate | The effectiveness of integrating traditional elements into building designs in hot dry climates, like Cairo, to improve energy efficiency | The methodology includes computer simulations analyzing building performance in terms of solar radiation, wind direction, and heating/cooling loads. Future research could explore other passive design strategies to further reduce energy consumption | |
A review for the applications of solar chimneys in buildings | Reviews the applications of solar chimneys in buildings for enhancing ventilation and reducing heat gain, emphasizing their potential to lower operational costs, and CO2 emissions | The need for further experimental studies to validate design strategies across different climates |
