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LEPENSKI VIR – THE PREHISTORIC ENERGY EFFICIENT ARCHITECTURE

(The paper is outline from presentation at the Danube ASHRAE Chapter Meeting in Timisoara, Romania, 15^th April 2016)

The remains of architecture in Lepenski Vir are the remains of an energy efficient architecture and ecological houses.

Nenad B. Miloradović

B.Mech.Sc, engineer for heat distribution

PUC Beogradske elektrane, Belgrade, Serbia

The prehistoric settlement of Lepenski Vir, which was discovered during the 1960s in Djerdap Gorge on the Serbian side of the Danube River, is well-known for its unusual architecture and preserved house floors. If we analyze this architecture in view of the set of natural (meteorological, geographical, astronomical and vegetal) environmental properties and consider energy consumption for heating and air-conditioning needs for such dwellings, i.e. achieving thermal comfort in those houses, we can conclude that the builders paid particular attention to energy efficiency in building stock while designing those houses. Remains of the architecture of the prehistoric settlement of Lepenski Vir, where operations for energy efficiency improvements are visible and recognizable, are the remains of an energy effective architecture. Their houses were energy efficient considering their age, technology and given location, contributing to the long life of the settlement.

The remains of architecture in the Lepenski Vir museum

We may speak about the primal passive solar and bioclimatic architecture. The shape of houses is very compact and contributes to saving of heating or cooling energy. The remains of the architecture of Lepenski Vir are silent witnesses of measures applied to improve energy efficiency. The houses in Lepenski Vir and Padina-Gospodjin Vir are examples of energy efficient construction of the time, location and given the condition of technology and applied materials. The architecture of Lepenski Vir did not emerge haphazardly, as similar house remains were also found at the Padina-Gospodjin Vir site.

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Neolepenism can represent a new type of energy efficient architecture that can respond to the challenges of sustainable development. It presupposes the shape of a building object inspired by the prehistoric architecture of the Lepenski Vir culture. Remains of the architecture of prehistoric settlements Lepenski Vir and Padina – Gospodjin Vir, which were on the right bank of the Danube in the Djerdap Gorge (Republic of Serbia), represent the remains of energy-efficient architecture, which the author had already written before. It turned out that during the construction of prehistoric houses, the thermal comfort in them was taken into account: about the compactness of shapes, orientation, aerodynamics of the shape, digging, plant environment and other. The positive experiences of this prehistoric architecture have been improved and perfected, so the author proposes a new form of a building object, based on the principles of energy efficiency, and inspired by the architecture of Lepenski Vir. The form of energy efficient house, which is copyrighted, can significantly contribute to energy savings, reduction of greenhouse gases emissions, and considerable savings in construction material and thermal insulation.

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REHVA Journal October 2016

LEPENSKI VIR – THE PREHISTORIC ENERGY EFFICIENT ARCHITECTURE

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