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
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

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...