Open AccessFactor of building orientation direction as determinant the thermal comfort quality
Author(s) -
James Rilatupa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/620/1/012009
Subject(s) - thermal comfort , orientation (vector space) , architectural engineering , environmental science , humidity , thermal insulation , operative temperature , air temperature , meteorology , engineering , geography , materials science , mathematics , geometry , layer (electronics) , composite material
Generally determines the comfort quality of rooms in the building is due to the air temperature caused by solar radiation, humidity and air movement inside the building. A comfortable room influenced by the volume of space, wide opening in the wall, use of materials, patterns of shadows and vegetation around the building. But the specific factors that can impact directly on the quality level of comfort rooms in the building that is the building position with a different orientation direction. Standard guidelines thermal comfort for the humid tropics to be achieved is at the limit of 24°C < T <26°C. Thermal comfort research was conducted in a pilot house in the Faculty of Engineering, Christian University of Indonesia (FT-UKI), Cawang, East Jakarta. The thermal comfort research lasts for 2 (two) months. Indoor air temperature in the pilot house of FT-UKI does not meet the requirements of thermal comfort standard for each building orientation direction during the research. But on average, building orientation direction were relatively convenience in this research is northwest - southeast, it also minimizes design of engineering and construction to the surrounding environment.