Need for Energy Efficient Designing and Construction

An energy expert on construction affairs says inefficient construction methods that disregard regional characteristics in building homes has led to massive energy waste in Iran. 
"Firstly, home designing has completely lost direction and past requirements that upheld and underpinned climatic conditions are ignored. As such, engineers show little, if any, commitment to crucial needs related to building homes in the hot southern regions and cold northern parts of the country," Farzad Kiasat  told the Financial Tribune. 
"Two centuries ago windcatchers in the central desert city of Yazd were distinct from the double-layered walls and vaults common in the northwestern city of Ardebil."