doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2017.8.2.929
Passive Strategies of Naturally Ventilated Residential Houses in the Equatorial Humid Tropics
Harimi Djamila
- the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia
Abstract
The thermal performance of any house depends onthe climatic conditions surrounded the buildings. The aim of thisstudy is to investigate the available strategies for buildingpassive design. This is while making the building comfortableand efficient. Mahoney tables, bioclimatic chart and ClimateConsultant software were used to analyze the availablestrategies in improving the indoor thermal performance of thebuilding for occupants’ thermal comfort. Kota Kinabalu city(Malaysia) and Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei) are the selectedlocations in this study. The results showed that all the methodsagreed that ventilation is the best approach for passive cooling.Many recommended passive strategies for indoor cooling weresuggested and discussed in this article. Overall, thermal comfortof the occupants was not achievable all the time. In the humidtropics heat gain is also not recommended all year round.
Keywords
- Malaysia
- tropical humid climate
- passive design
- residential buildings
How to Cite
Harimi Djamila, "Passive Strategies of Naturally Ventilated Residential Houses in the Equatorial Humid Tropics," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 102-106, 2017. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijesd.2017.8.2.929
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