Abstract:
The close connection between energy use in buildings and a environmental damage arises because energy - intensive e solutions sought to construct a building and meet its demands for heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting, cause severe 11 depletion of invaluable environmental resources. Buildings c designed with efficient use of energy with low operating v cost as well as comfortable for users can contribute to the o successful environment friendly design. The paper is an attempt to investigate and evaluate the thermal and energy efficiency of public buildings with reference to its user comfort level. To study the passive design elements of energy efficiency, twelve public buildings have been selected as case studies from colonial and contemporary period in which is at least one of the energy efficient means has been used. Paper reviews the data collected for the four hottest months from summer season, of monitoring the buildings located in the hot composite climate of Multan, Pakistan and analyzed r against mean temperature and relative humidity values for r this season. A questionnaire survey is also conducted from r the users to know the desired comfort level of these buildings.
Page(s):
76-95
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Journal of Research in Architecture and Planning, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Year: 2011