Indoor comfort and adaptation in low-income and middle-income residential buildings in a Nigerian city during a dry season

Adaji, Michael; Adekunle, Timothy O.; Watkins, Richard; Adler, Gerald

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106276

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“…More than two-thirds of urban dwellers in Nigeria were not satisfied with their thermal environment, according to research (M. U. Adaji et al 2019). Furthermore, the results of this investigation have confirmed that the lack of thermal well-being of the inhabitants affects their sanitary conditionand it was found that they suffer from chronic morbidities (allergy, rheumatism, diabetes, tension).…”

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Assessment of the Thermal Well being of Collective Residential Buildings: A Case Study from Annaba, Algeria

Amel¹,

Zohra²,

Bouttout³

2023

Int J Innov Stud Sociol Humanities

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Many extensive studies have shown that thermal comfort in inhabited buildings has a strong influence on the quality of life of the occupants. At the same time, it is well known that poor thermal comfort can cause adverse physiological effects.This is the case in Algeria, where collective residential buildings have low thermal performance. According to this fact, most of the inhabitants of these buildings suffer from a great lack of thermal comfort. Similarly, the measurements taken of the state of the insulation of these buildings cannot exclude that a problem related to the thermogenic quality exists and needs to be corrected urgently. In this sense that the objective of this study aims to determine the level of deterioration of thermal comfort by demonstrating the unbearable periods of the year, which create a discomfort among the inhabitants of the collective residential buildings of the Bouzaaroura estate in Annaba. At first, a sociological investigation was established near the inhabitants of this housing estate in order to evaluate their feelings towards the quality of the thermal wellbeing of their housing. Second, a numerical simulation of one of the modelled buildings was carried out using the Design Builder software. The result of the comparative analysis between the results of the survey and the simulation revealed that 91.7% of the inhabitants felt very uncomfortable with the thermal discomfort in their homes, with a Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) indicator of -2.6, a Predicted Percentage Dissatisfied (PPD) indicator of 94%, and that only 44% suffered from heat in the summer, while all of them felt cold in the winter.

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Assessment of the Thermal Well being of Collective Residential Buildings: A Case Study from Annaba, Algeria

Amel¹,

Zohra²,

Bouttout³

2023

Int J Innov Stud Sociol Humanities

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“…However, some authors analyzed a specific aspect that characterizes the IEQ. For example, the authors of [ 56 ] examined the thermal comfort of occupants during the dry season in low- and middle-income residential buildings in Abuja, Nigeria. In the study, post-occupancy surveys were used to assess the adaptation of buildings and residents’ adaptation to the thermal environment.…”

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Post-Occupancy Evaluation’s (POE) Applications for Improving Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ)

Lolli

Marinello

Coruzzolo

et al. 2022

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To improve buildings and their characteristics, the feedback provided directly by users is generally fundamental in order to be able to adapt the technical and structural functions to the well-being of users. The post-occupancy evaluation (POE) fits perfectly into this context. The POE, through qualitative and quantitative information on the interior environment, makes it possible to identify the differences between the performances modeled in the design phase and the real performances experienced by the occupants. This review of 234 articles, published between 2006 and 2022, aims to analyze and compare the recent literature on the application of the POE methodology. The aim was to provide both a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the main factors that comprise the indoor environmental quality (IEQ). The study highlighted the factors that comprise the quality of the indoor environment, as well as the variables that are usually analyzed to describe the well-being of the occupants. The results suggested which are the most common approaches in carrying out POE studies and will identify the factors that most influence the determination of the good quality of an indoor environment.

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“…Several studies identified the prevalence of, and increase in, thermal discomfort and actual heat stress within low-income settings in the selected African countries. In their post-occupancy evaluation of low-income housing in Abuja (Nigeria), with a hot and humid climate, Adaji et al [25] showed that over 70% of the occupants were dissatisfied with their thermal environment. The average temperature in their case study settings was 31.7 • C. In Ibadan, Adegebo [26] found that 43% of the 400 survey respondents agreed that there is a "warmer/hotter temperature during day and night" over the preceding five years.…”

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Heat Stress Adaptation within Informal, Low-Income Urban Settlements in Africa

2022

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Climate projections indicate that persistent high temperatures and related heat stress will become a common experience in the future, across Africa. It is, therefore, important to understand challenges that might result from increasing extreme heat conditions, and how humans within urban centres can adapt. In this article, we provide a review that considers the experience of poor urban residents with extreme temperatures and adaptation strategies in relation to low-income, informal urban contexts in Africa. Our analysis is carried out across four focus countries: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt. Only cursory insights exist in the context of informal settlements. We found that heat stress remains an overlooked topic in comparison to other climate change adaptation needs. Evidence shows that adaptation strategies varied and differed in framing, scale, and applied methods across the contexts. Adaptation strategies dominantly examine a broad variety of alternative building measures and, to a lesser degree, greening/nature-based strategies. It is important to highlight heat stress as a cross-cutting, focal topic in urban research in relation to informal settlements and generally broaden the spectrum. It is worthwhile to pay special attention to strategic actions and research designs that foresee win–win and co-beneficial options for local urban communities.

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Indoor comfort and adaptation in low-income and middle-income residential buildings in a Nigerian city during a dry season

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Cited by 33 publications

References 20 publications

Assessment of the Thermal Well being of Collective Residential Buildings: A Case Study from Annaba, Algeria

Assessment of the Thermal Well being of Collective Residential Buildings: A Case Study from Annaba, Algeria

Post-Occupancy Evaluation’s (POE) Applications for Improving Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ)

Heat Stress Adaptation within Informal, Low-Income Urban Settlements in Africa

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