Thermal comfort studies on houses in hot arid climates

• Main Authors: Hj Mohd Ariffin, Noor Aziah, Behaz, Amira, Denan, Zuraini
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2018
• Subjects: NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/63791/1/ICACE2018-Conf.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63791/2/ICACE2018_NoorAziah-final.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63791/12/63791_THERMAL%20COMFORT%20STUDIES%20ON%20HOUSES%20IN%20HOT_conference%20artice.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63791/13/63791_THERMAL%20COMFORT%20STUDIES%20ON%20HOUSES%20IN%20HOT_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63791/; http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/401/1/012028/pdf

The traditional houses in Ghardaia City in Algeria had been built using traditional construction materials and passive solar design (PSD) strategies for the hot desert climate. These thousand-year-old houses are still standing and conditioning the harsh desert climate while maintaining indoor therma...