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Study to enhance comfort status in naturally ventilated vernacular buildings of northeast India
Singh, Manoj Kumar; Mahapatra, Sadhan; Atreya, S.K.
2009In 29th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2009, ISES 2009
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Keywords :
Thermal Comfort; Naturally ventilated; Building
Abstract :
[en] Vernacular buildings are region specific and governed by local climate, building materials availability and socio-economic status. So there cannot be a universal assigned standard for energy efficient sustainable buildings. ASHRAE 55-2004 and ISO 7730 also impart emphasis on more field experiments regarding naturally ventilated buildings to address the deviation of results of laboratory experiments and actual building comfort. Keeping this in mind a comfort survey has been performed in naturally ventilated buildings of northeast India during January, April, July and October months of the year 2008. The field test also includes measurement of temperature, humidity, illumination level, wall thickness, false ceiling height and dimensions of doors and windows. Thermal performances of these buildings are evaluated. The study also attempts to define the comfort status of these buildings. TRNSYS software has been used for energy simulations of these buildings. These buildings are made in SIMCAD using all the actual architectural design details. Simulations are carried out for the range of comfort temperatures found in the comfort survey. The simulation provides the results in terms of wall materials, thickness, insulation level, window and doors size and numbers and orientations of building plan required for achieving comfort range temperature inside these vernacular houses.
Disciplines :
Energy
Architecture
Author, co-author :
Singh, Manoj Kumar ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Argenco : Secteur TLU+C > Urbanisme et aménagement du territoire
Mahapatra, Sadhan;  Tezpur University, Assam, India > Energy
Atreya, S.K.;  IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India > IDDC
Language :
English
Title :
Study to enhance comfort status in naturally ventilated vernacular buildings of northeast India
Publication date :
11 October 2009
Event name :
Solar World Congress 2009, ISES 2009
Event organizer :
ISES
Event place :
Johannesburg, South Africa
Event date :
11-14 October 2009
Audience :
International
Main work title :
29th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2009, ISES 2009
Publisher :
ISES, Johannesburg, South Africa
Collection name :
2
Pages :
1442-1450
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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