IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v17y2025i9p3859-d1641859.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Enhancing Urban Sustainability with Novel Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines: A Study on Residential Buildings in Çeşme

Author

Listed:
  • Yousif Abed Saleh Saleh

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, Atılım University, 06830 Ankara, Türkiye)

  • Murat Durak

    (The Board of the Turkish Offshore Wind Energy Association, 06800 Ankara, Türkiye)

  • Cihan Turhan

    (Energy Systems Engineering Department, Atılım University, 06830 Ankara, Türkiye)

Abstract

This study investigates the integration of three types of vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs)—helical, IceWind, and a combined design—on residential buildings in Çeşme, Türkiye, a region with an average wind speed of 7 m/s. The research explores the potential of small-scale wind turbines in urban areas, providing sustainable solutions for renewable energy generation and reducing reliance on conventional energy sources. The turbines were designed and analyzed using SolidWorks and ANSYS Fluent, achieving power outputs of 350 W for the helical turbine, 430 W for the IceWind turbine, and 590 W for the combined turbine. A total of 42 turbines were mounted on a five-storey residential building model, and DesignBuilder software was utilized to simulate and evaluate the energy consumption. The baseline energy consumption of 172 kWh/m 2 annually was reduced by 18.45%, 22.93%, and 30.88% for the helical, IceWind, and combined turbines, respectively. Furthermore, the economic analysis showed payback periods of 12.89 years for the helical turbine, 10.60 years for the IceWind turbine, and 10.49 years for the combined turbine. These findings emphasize the viability of integrating VAWTs into urban buildings as an effective strategy for reducing energy consumption, lowering costs, and enhancing energy efficiency.

Suggested Citation

  • Yousif Abed Saleh Saleh & Murat Durak & Cihan Turhan, 2025. "Enhancing Urban Sustainability with Novel Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines: A Study on Residential Buildings in Çeşme," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(9), pages 1-18, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:9:p:3859-:d:1641859
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/9/3859/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/9/3859/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:9:p:3859-:d:1641859. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.