Indoor Thermal Comfort Improvement of the Naturally Ventilated House in Tropical Climate, Indonesia

Authors

  • Muhammad Iqbal Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies Kyushu University, Japan
  • Muhammad Dastur School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Muhammad Fikry Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29103/micoms.v3i.48

Keywords:

Natural ventilation, Thermal comfort, Improvement, Tropical climate

Abstract

Two types of houses in North Aceh, Indonesia, are investigated in this study. Even though the hot and humid conditions throughout the year, most Indonesian stay in a house that uses natural ventilation due to energy poverty and economic conditions. Commonly, they rely on natural ventilation by opening windows to achieve thermal comfort in the indoor environment. Therefore, an on-site survey and questionnaire were performed on more than 240 occupants and 115 naturally ventilated houses to investigate thermal comfort performance between two houses based on thermal sensation vote (TSV) and thermal comfort vote (TCV). In addition, some questions related to thermal preference and body response are employed. This study also examines thermal comfort with a numerical simulations program called THERB for HAM, a coupled analysis software for heat, moisture, and air. The results show that the room comfort level was not optimal, where most occupants' feelings were warm and hot. However, type 1 is more comfortable than type 2, and simulation results confirm indoor environmental conditions. Furthermore, this study presents the adaptive behavior, where most occupants utilize the windows openings in the morning until noon and operate the fans during the night to modify indoor environment conditions to be more comfortable.

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Published

2022-12-17

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Vol. 3 (2022): Proceedings of Malikussaleh International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies (MICoMS)

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