Sustainable Habitat for Emerging Economies (2025)

An Investigation of thermal comfort and assessment of energy consumption in individual vernacular and modern living space

Technium Social Sciences Journal, 2022

Guide to Sustainable Thermal Comfort.

Integrated Built Environment that Meets Human Needs for Thermal Comfort

Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2022

This research aims to find principles that achieve an integrated architectural environment in the desert environment that meets human needs and preserves the rights of future generations. Studying and analyzing the successful solutions and treatments provided by the traditional architectural environment in a desert environment and in a hot, dry climate help achieve this aim. Nowadays, we find a growing research interest in sustainability. This research paper concentrated on the relationship of the desert environment with the built environment to achieve an integrated environment to meet human needs, ration energy consumption and preserve the identity of the architecture. This research studies traditional architecture in a desert environment to identify appropriate solutions to the climatic environment and its ability to harmonize and respond to its climatic environment, with its high capacity to respond to human needs in these communities. The research adopted the analytical descriptive approach in its study of the relationship of the desert climatic environment with the built architectural environment. The Climate Consultant software is used for this research to recommend various design strategies suitable for each climate. The three central climates analyzed in this study are coastal desert areas, moderate desert areas, and hot, dry desert environments. In conclusion, this research found that in the past, the traditional environment has provided and continues to provide effective climatic solutions.

A Framework for Designing Energy Efficient Dwellings Satisfying Socio-cultural Needs in Hot Climates

2018

Buildings are responsible for the largest share of energy consumption in the world. The effects of buildings on environment and people have generated interest especially in the developed world on how to reduce the significant energy consumption by the building subsector. Moreover, it shows the significance of the building sector in global efforts to reduce the effect of climate change and global energy consumption. The major challenge with buildings in countries in hot climates for example Libya is thermal discomfort especially in residential dwellings causing overdependence on mechanical cooling systems. Thermal discomfort and high-energy consumption in buildings are connected to socio-cultural factors and the approach to the design of residential buildings. Benghazi city, which is the second city and the capital of the eastern region of Libya has witnessed significant growth in population due to its economic prosperity and job opportunity. This has significantly increased the rate...

Thermal Comfort Comparison of Different Dwelling Typologies

İDEALKENT

Thermal comfort in spaces can be defined as the creation of conditions that will provide the users’ living standards. Therefore, it is important to investigate the thermal comfort conditions in different types of dwellings and the design parameters that affect these conditions. In this study, thermal comfort conditions in different dwellings were investigated. In this context, thermal comfort conditions were measured between December 2020 and January 2022 in four selected dwellings in Bingöl, located in a cold climate. Measurements were made in the daylight living areas, night living areas and service areas of these dwellings. Temperature and humidity, air velocity, and radiation temperatures in the spaces were measured by TESTO 480 multi-purpose air conditioner, Hot Wire Anemometer DT8880, and infrared non-contact thermometer, respectively. Tables and graphics created using the data obtained from these measurements were evaluated according to the ASHRAE 55 standard. In the analyses...

Adaptive House Design and People’s Habits in Achieving Thermal Comfort in Gayo Highland Aceh, Indonesia

2021

Abstract: The Gayo Highland is one of the districts in Aceh Province, Sumatra. Due to the topography, this area has a lower temperature compared than the flat and coastal areas in Aceh. The thermal comfort that is felt is based on a person's mental condition and how he expresses his satisfaction with his thermal environment. In other words, it shows how humans adapt to their thermal environment. Thermal comfort based on human adaptation is known as adaptive thermal comfort. The form of dwelling for the Gayo Highland community has shifted and changed from traditional dwelling to Transitional and Modern forms that influence the Gayo Highland community's adaptation to achieve thermal comfort. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the house design in Gayo highland in providing warmth to the occupants naturally in the cold environment. Another aim of this study is to investigate the people's habits in warming up the body to deal with the low air temperature in the area. T...

AFFORDANCE OF THERMAL COMFORT THROUGH PASSIVE DESIGN: A Case Analysis on Effects of Ventilation, Shading, and Thermal Mass in Delhi

SUSTAINABLE HABITAT FOR DEVELOPING SOCIETIES – Choosing The Way Forward; 30th International PLEA (Passive and Low Energy Architecture) Conference, 2014

As concomitants to developments and globalization, Indian modernism witnessed unprecedented socioeconomic and lifestyle benefits on the one hand, and adaptation to high-energy habitats and lifestyle, and subsequent degradation of the native habitats milieu, on the other. Unlike compact traditional buildings or occupants' lifestyle, modern buildings and its inhabitants generate much heat. House-2 in Delhi by Morphogenesis, conceptualized as a 'porous' object with adequate thermal mass, is a radical re-interpretation of haveli 1 typology to optimum plan forms to account for modern lifestyles and environmental imperatives. Thermal comfort is affected by the body's heat exchange with the climatic parameters, and engineering of conduction, convection, radiation of heat or cold through various effects of ventilation modes and air change rates, solar shading, and thermal mass envelopes are hypothesize to afford better indoor environment conditions, and thereby thermal comfort with low-energy. Solar Designer Ver.6 and Ecotect (2011) were used for analysis and simulations of the following cases: 1). House 2, As-built and light thermal mass with no shading, 2) 3 prototype rooms to check ventilation effects on glazing area, thermal mass, and insulation. The results are shown in 1) hourly indoor temperature fluctuation without airconditioning and Discomfort Index, 2) annual heating and cooling load in a year. The analysis shows that Flex Vent mode was more energy efficient than Normal conditions without ventilation. While thermal comfort was not fully afforded for during summer, passive design in House 2, as-built, perform better than light thermal mass, and hence improved energy efficiency. Hypothetical case analysis shows insulation was most effective in both summer and winter for the hypothesis cases.

Thermal autonomous housing for the developing world: A case study in Bhuj

2016 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)

Thermal Comfort and Building Design Stra

Thermal comfort for naturally ventilated houses in Indonesia

Energy and Buildings, 2004