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Indoor thermal comfort in contemporary Sri Lankan urban houses: a simulation study

Author(s) -

Rohinton Emmanuel,

Gishan Rathnayake

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

built-environment sri lanka

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1391-5983

DOI - 10.4038/besl.v2i2.7634

Subject(s) - thermal comfort , metropolitan area , architectural engineering , environmental science , simulation software , computer science , civil engineering , software , geography , environmental planning , meteorology , engineering , archaeology , programming language

In this study, we estimate the prevalent thermal comfort regime in three of the most common contemporary urban house types in the Colombo Metropolitan Region (CMR). Using a parametric building energy simulation software, the study simulates the indoor Operative Temperature that would result from five passive design options to determine their potential to improve the indoor comfort levels. The simulation results show that passive strategies are no longer able to bring about adequate levels of thermal comfort. Strategies for modest improvements in the indoor bio-climate in contemporary Sri Lankan urban houses are proposed.

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