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DOI	10.3390/su11195203
	An Investigation of Thermal Comfort of Houses in Dry and Semi-Arid Climates of Quetta, Pakistan
	Mahar, Waqas Ahmed 1,2; Verbeeck, Griet 3; Singh, Manoj Kumar 4; Attia, Shady 1
通讯作者	Mahar, Waqas Ahmed
来源期刊	SUSTAINABILITY
EISSN	2071-1050
出版年	2019
卷号	11 期号:19
英文摘要	In Pakistan, reinforced concrete frame houses are the most widely used and common construction technology. In a country that experiences extreme hot and cold seasons throughout the year, buildings need to be adaptable to the climate to improve the thermal comfort of the inhabitants. Therefore, the aim of this study was to improve thermal comfort in reinforced concrete frame houses using passive design and energy efficiency measures in Quetta, Pakistan. Thermal comfort of a representative house was investigated using a building performance simulation. The building model created in EnergyPlus was validated by comparing it with on-site monitored data in both summer and winter seasons. The model was calibrated using statistical methods. Then, the calibrated model was used to perform a whole year simulation in which various orientations, ventilation, passive design, and energy efficiency strategies were applied to perform parametric analysis for the improvement of thermal comfort. The best fit-to-context thermal comfort model was selected, and the potential of bioclimatic design strategies was quantified. The results indicate that by adopting passive design strategies comfort hours can be increased from 43% to 59%. The results of the study revealed many findings which could be useful for architects and building engineers to set a future direction for improvement of indoor comfort in Quetta as well as in many other areas of Balochistan Province in Pakistan.
英文关键词	adaptive thermal comfort residential buildings heating dominated passive measures design recommendations
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Belgium ; Pakistan ; Japan
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000493525500062
WOS关键词	RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ; TEMPERATURES ; QUALITY ; IMPACT ; MODEL
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
EI主题词	2019-10-01
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/310170
作者单位	1.Univ Liege, Fac Sci Appl, Dept UEE, Sustainable Bldg Design SBD Lab, B-4000 Liege, Belgium; 2.Balochistan Univ Informat Technol Engn & Manageme, Dept Architecture, Airport Rd, Quetta 87100, Pakistan; 3.Hasselt Univ, Fac Architecture & Arts, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium; 4.Univ Tokyo, Inst Ind Sci, Dept Human & Social Syst, Meguro Ku, 4-6-1 Komaba, Tokyo 1538505, Japan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mahar, Waqas Ahmed,Verbeeck, Griet,Singh, Manoj Kumar,et al. An Investigation of Thermal Comfort of Houses in Dry and Semi-Arid Climates of Quetta, Pakistan[J],2019,11(19).
APA	Mahar, Waqas Ahmed,Verbeeck, Griet,Singh, Manoj Kumar,&Attia, Shady.(2019).An Investigation of Thermal Comfort of Houses in Dry and Semi-Arid Climates of Quetta, Pakistan.SUSTAINABILITY,11(19).
MLA	Mahar, Waqas Ahmed,et al."An Investigation of Thermal Comfort of Houses in Dry and Semi-Arid Climates of Quetta, Pakistan".SUSTAINABILITY 11.19(2019).