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DOI	10.1016/j.esd.2020.12.008
	Improving thermal comfort in refugee shelters in desert environments
	Moran, F.; Fosas, D.; Coley, D.; Natarajan, S.; Orr, J.; Ahmad, O. Bani
通讯作者	Moran, F (corresponding author), Univ Bath, Dept Architecture & Civil Engn, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England.
来源期刊	ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ISSN	0973-0826
EISSN	2352-4669
出版年	2021
卷号	61 页码:28-45
英文摘要	Empirical studies have shown that internal temperatures in refugee shelters are impacting morbidity, and possibly mortality. Within a displacement setting, solutions are often constrained by time, cost, material availability and local requirements. This often results in ?deemed suitable? designs rather than optimal solutions. In this study, we ask which route is most appropriate to optimise thermal comfort: prototyping design improvements, which requires time but may not require significant domain expertise, or thermal modelling, which can be quickly carried out if there is expertise. In a unique experiment, a laboratory of 12 shelters, built in a desert refugee camp, was adapted by the refugees themselves with variants to improve thermal comfort. Thermal modelling and field results were compared. Prototyping, though requiring additional time, was found to offer several advantages over modelling: (a) it gives a more visceral answer, in that the agency staff and refugees can experience the improvement - this could be important as most people might not be able to relate to a numeric statement about temperature; (b) the difficulty of constructing variants can be compared; (c) the financial and time costs are identified accurately. This suggests that such prototyping experiments have great utility, conferring substantial advantages over computer-based modelling. Significantly, we show that simple adaptations can improve conditions by up to 6 ?C, and that the skills exist in camps to complete such improvements. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of International Energy Initiative. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
英文关键词	Refugee shelters Thermal comfort Thermal modelling Overheating Thermal mass Desert
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000632798000001
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Energy & Fuels
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Energy & Fuels
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/350083
作者单位	[Moran, F.; Fosas, D.; Coley, D.; Natarajan, S.] Univ Bath, Dept Architecture & Civil Engn, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England; [Orr, J.] Univ Cambridge, Civil Engn Bldg,7a JJ Thomson Ave, Cambridge CB3 0FA, England; [Ahmad, O. Bani] Princess Sumaya Univ Technol, POB 1438, Amman 11941, Jordan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Moran, F.,Fosas, D.,Coley, D.,et al. Improving thermal comfort in refugee shelters in desert environments[J],2021,61:28-45.
APA	Moran, F.,Fosas, D.,Coley, D.,Natarajan, S.,Orr, J.,&Ahmad, O. Bani.(2021).Improving thermal comfort in refugee shelters in desert environments.ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,61,28-45.
MLA	Moran, F.,et al."Improving thermal comfort in refugee shelters in desert environments".ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 61(2021):28-45.