An Approach Towards Energy Efficient Buildings for Sub-tropical Climate of Nepal
Kandel, Jyoti (2019)
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201903193412
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201903193412
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The main aim of the final year project was to study about maintaining good thermal comfort in a residential house without consuming much energy. Both traditional and modern houses built with different materials in a sub-tropical region of Nepal were studied. The thesis studied the passive technology and its implementation in sub- tropical region.
The performance of the houses was simulated with Ida-Ice Software. The houses simulated were a traditional, modern and an improved modern house with some of the passive technology.
The performance of the traditional house was better than that of the modern house, but the passive house performed best. It was established that passive technologies alone are not enough to maintain room temperature in a sub-tropical region and active cooling is a must for the hottest days in the summer.
The thesis can be used as a starting guide for the design of energy efficient houses in sub-tropical regions.
The performance of the houses was simulated with Ida-Ice Software. The houses simulated were a traditional, modern and an improved modern house with some of the passive technology.
The performance of the traditional house was better than that of the modern house, but the passive house performed best. It was established that passive technologies alone are not enough to maintain room temperature in a sub-tropical region and active cooling is a must for the hottest days in the summer.
The thesis can be used as a starting guide for the design of energy efficient houses in sub-tropical regions.