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The Connection between Architectural Elements and Adaptive Thermal Comfort of Tropical Vernacular Houses in Mountain and Beach Locations

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  • Hermawan Hermawan

    (Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Qur’anic Science University, Wonosobo 56351, Indonesia)

  • Jozef Švajlenka

    (Department of Construction Technology, Economy and Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, 042 00 Košice, Slovakia)

Abstract

Passive thermal comfort has been widely used to test the thermal performance of a building. The science of active thermal comfort is important to be connected with the science of architecture. The currently developing active thermal comfort is adaptive thermal comfort. Vernacular houses are believed to be able to create thermal comfort for the inhabitants. The present study seeks to analyze the connection between the architectural elements of vernacular houses and adaptive thermal comfort. A mixed method was applied. A quantitative approach was used in the measurement of variables of climate, while a qualitative methodology was employed in an interview on thermal sensations. The connection between architectural elements and adaptive thermal comfort was analyzed by considering the correlation among architectural features, the analysis results of thermal comfort, and the Olgyay and psychrometric diagrams. At the beginning of the rainy season, residents of exposed stone houses had the highest comfortable percentage of 31%. In the middle of the rainy season, the highest percentage of comfort was obtained by residents of exposed brick and wooden houses on the beach at 39%. The lowest comfortable percentage experienced by residents of exposed stone houses at the beginning of the dry season was 0%. The beginning of the dry season in mountainous areas has air temperatures that are too low, making residents uncomfortable. The study results demonstrate that adaptive thermal comfort is related to using a room for adaptation to create thermal comfort for the inhabitants.

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  • Hermawan Hermawan & Jozef Švajlenka, 2021. "The Connection between Architectural Elements and Adaptive Thermal Comfort of Tropical Vernacular Houses in Mountain and Beach Locations," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-19, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:21:p:7427-:d:674422
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    1. Aiman Albatayneh & Dariusz Alterman & Adrian Page & Behdad Moghtaderi, 2018. "The Impact of the Thermal Comfort Models on the Prediction of Building Energy Consumption," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-17, October.
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