Utilization of Adaptive Opportunity in Residential Buildings within a Warm-Humid Urban Environment
Journal Title: American journal of Engineering Research - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 12
Abstract
The focus in the design of buildings in cities must be energy-saving measures for sustainability. The adaptive nature of thermal comfort can provide a sustainable means of indoor comfort provision rather than dependence on active energy. A thermal comfort survey was conducted on residents of 528 buildings in 12 selected residential areas of Ibadan, a warm-humid city in Nigeria, to examine adaptive opportunity. The adaptive actions most utilized were: drawing of curtain, opening of window, putting on fan and movement to semi-outdoor spaces like verandah, porch and courtyard. The values of mean comfort vote for the respondents expressed better comfort levels than the corresponding values of Predicted Mean Vote. It was established that the adaptive principle was operational within this study context. Some adaptive actions were strongly correlated with adaptive opportunity as exhibited in the building design features and the design typology.
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Adewale Oluseyi Adunola
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