Moussadek Benabbas

• PhD {equivalent}
• Research Director at Université de Biskra

Rapid urban development is a contributor to the ongoing climate change, leading to rising temperatures, frequent heat waves, and various environmental impacts. This created a pressing need for urban planning to consider the effects of thermal comfort, which greatly affects the outdoor activities as well as the quality and the mental health of the r...

Urbanization has radically transformed natural landscapes, giving rise to complex urban environments worldwide. This transformation poses unique challenges in terms of climatic conditions. We emphasize the crucial importance of understanding urban microclimates shaped by geographical, architectural and human factors, requiring meticulous management...

Urbanization has radically transformed natural landscapes, giving rise to complex urban environments worldwide. This transformation poses unique challenges in terms of climatic conditions. We emphasize the crucial importance of understanding urban microclimates shaped by geographical, architectural and human factors, requiring meticulous management...

The emergence of sustainable development gives greenery an important role in urban planning, namely, by recognizing its environmental potential. However, the rapid urbanization that most cities have experienced in the absence of a sustainable urban policy has led to the establishment of urban realms dominated by manmade constructions. This research...

This paper explores the empirical assessment of social vulnerability in the Algerian context using the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI). The SoVI is applied at the municipal level in the province of Chlef. The assessment aims to map the geographical variability of social vulnerability for the 35 municipalities of the study area. While following th...

In this study; the outdoor thermal comfort of the users of two urban plazas with different morphologies in Annaba city, Algeria, have been evaluated. First, field measurements of the microclimatic parameters took place; namely the air temperature and the relative humidity in the two urban plazas, during hot days. Then, these measurements were compa...

Modern building materials using reinforced concrete are considered the most popular in the production of housing in Algeria, specifically in desert areas such as the city of Ouargla, which is characterized by its hot and arid climate. These dwellings must be more adaptable to this difficult climate. An example is the Ouargla Ksar, which contains tr...

This work on outdoor thermal comfort tends to highlight and affirm the contribution of vegetation to outdoor thermal comfort in a climatically hostile environment by being very hot and dry, this effect of creating a more forgiving microclimate in terms of thermal atmosphere was highlighted by simulations and in situ measurements, in a semi-open pub...

This paper discusses the best way of energy management. It is an initiation for the improvement of the constructive system in Algeria. Within the framework of the ECO-BAT program, we take a unit from the 80 HEP housing units in Blida as a case study, on which we undertake in-situ measurements and the questionnaire for a subjective evaluation of the...

Regarding the important effects of thermal comfort on residents, especially in hot regions, our study aimed to investigate and determine the influence of vegetation on the external thermal comfort conditions in the Algerian Sahara. In our work, we examine the determining factors of thermal comfort at three points in the Ksar of Ain Madhi by couplin...

The question of the city sustainability was involved in the process of sustainable development, which is considered as guarantees of a harmonious urban development for future generations. The architectural envelope of a living space includes elements that play an important role in energy consumption. The less energy it consumes, the higher energy-e...

In this study; the outdoor thermal comfort of the users of two urban plazas with different morphologies in Annaba city, Algeria, have been evaluated. First, field measurements of the microclimatic parameters took place; namely the air temperature and the relative humidity in the two urban plazas, during hot days. Then, these measurements were compa...

Today, Algeria is one of the developing countries that are engaging seriously into a new approach consisting of all kinds of combined risk assessments for better prevention them. Note that, this is a fairly important parameter, that is, the safety of people and property. However, the magnitude of the risk, of whatever nature, affects a variety of d...

This work is an experimental study focusing on the relationship between street morphology and thermal storage in buildings. The first aim of this study is to reduce air conditioning usage in hot and arid areas, taking as example Biskra city (Algeria), during the long summer period (5 months), by reducing thermal storage. This leads to the reduction...

Aujourd’hui, le minéral continue d’envahir trop largement l’espace urbain sur le compte du végétal, ce qui a engendré une minéralisation massive du milieu urbain, tout en affectant la qualité du cadre de vie et accentuant le phénomène d’ilot de chaleur urbain. Sur la base de divers discours scientifiques et sociaux ainsi que des études expérimental...

In Algeria, the construction of school buildings is unfortunately not subject to any regulatory requirements in terms of heat and energy, and often done through a standard plan proposed by the Ministry of Education National level. The generalization of the standard plan throughout the national territory is used regardless to the thermal environment...

The present work deals with energy consumption, which is polluting with regard to the energetic demands necessary for indoor thermal comfort. Field work is carried out on the most unfavourable case of a collective housing located in Laghouat, a city in central Algeria, situated "400 km south of the capital Algiers" known for its hot and dry climate...

Les matériaux de constructions constituent un maillon très important dans le secteur du bâtiment, de leur disponibilité dépend la réalisation des objectifs de développement et le prix de revient des bâtiments construits. Le secteur de l’habitat est classé comme étant le plus énergivore des secteurs de la ville, en Algérie environ 42 % de la consomm...

Aujourd'hui la consommation de l'énergie est considérée comme un facteur déterminant dans la réalisation des projets, le présent travail , en liaison avec les consommations d'énergie dans le bâtiment, se devise en deux parties ; la première traite de quelques nouvelles techniques de construction par l'application de l'isolation à la maison bioclima...

Today the consumption of energy is a key factor in the design of news houses, this study is to test the adaptability of these news techniques of construction on this factor, especially one of the principal of bioclimatic houses which is insulation, where I stepped in three scales, I adopted for double glazing with argon as a solution to the first s...