Indoor thermal comfort in residential building stock: A study of RCC houses in Quetta, Pakistan

The report is a part of the PhD project entitled “Methodology for the design of climate responsive houses for optimised thermal comfort in Quetta, Pakistan” being carried out at University of Liège, Belgium. The aim of the project is to improve indoor thermal comfort of free-running houses in Quetta and raise the awareness of builders about climate sensitivity. The present findings are based on the monitoring of indoor climate, survey questionnaire and the interviews of the residents living in the houses made of reinforced cement concrete (RCC) structure. We aim to provide the readers with insights and perspectives on the existing houses, their comfort performance, comfort perception and understanding of the residents and the use of mechanical methods to optimise thermal comfort in RCC houses in Quetta, Pakistan.