Understanding thermal comfort in vernacular dwellings in Alentejo, Portugal: A mixed-methods adaptive comfort approach

Costa-Carrapiço, Inês; González, Javier Neila; Raslan, Rokia; Sánchez, Carmen Sánchez-Guevara; Marrero, Ma Dolores Redondas

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109084

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“…Although the research mainly focuses on Asia, it still includes various climate regions, such as subtropical grasslands [18,19], tropical monsoon areas [20], dry hot-cold areas [21], and so on. In addition, Europe also accounts for a large amount of research on the thermal environment of earth-sheltered architecture [22][23][24].…”

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Improvement of Human Comfort in Rural Cave Dwellings via Sunrooms in Cold Regions of China

Yang,

Wang,

Zhou

et al. 2024

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Economic development limits the living quality of rural residents. In particular, the residential buildings in northern China generally have poor thermal comfort in winter, which affects the physical and mental health of residents. Because of the separation of rooms, residents who live in cave dwellings often have to enter and leave rooms in the course of their daily lives, which leads to worse thermal feelings in winter. Because of the low price and the wind insulation and heat storage, sunrooms are widely used in renovations of rural houses. The traditional purpose of the addition of a sunroom is to provide a buffer room between outdoor and indoor spaces. This manuscript focuses on improving the degree of thermal comfort by means of a sunroom connecting all rooms. This study selected two families with the same number of members and similar daily activities as the study cases. One of the families had a sunroom built to connect its bedroom, living room, and washroom. The household’s air temperature and human comfort were measured both on holidays and on workdays. It is demonstrated that adding a sunroom can significantly stabilize the thermal environment and increase the air temperature in both the bedroom and the living room. Adding a sunroom can increase the air temperature of a cave dwelling’s main room by 1.0 °C on workdays and 4.3 °C on holidays. A cave dwelling with a sunroom can also provide residents with a decent level of human comfort for 24.4% of their daily time on workdays and 39.1% of the time during holidays. This research demonstrates that a sunroom can not only increase the air temperature in cave dwellings but also enhance the stability of human comfort. The conclusion provides new renovation ideas for improving the living comfort of cave dwellings.

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Improvement of Human Comfort in Rural Cave Dwellings via Sunrooms in Cold Regions of China

Yang,

Wang,

Zhou

et al. 2024

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“…Kenyamanan merupakan akibat dari faktor fisiologi dan jiwa, namun belum ada tolak ukur yang objektif untuk mengukur kenyamanan. (Zhu et al, 2022) (Costa-Carrapiço et al, 2022) (ASHRAE, 1992) (Prianto et al, 2017). Kenyamanan termal adalah sebuah kondisi pikiran dalam mengekspresikan rasa nyaman dan puas terhadap kondisi lingkungan termal dan biasanya dinilai secara subyektif (Costa-Carrapiço et al, 2022) (Yao et al, 2022) (Ye et al, 2022) (Yang et al, 2022) (Hermawan et al, 2019) (Wang et al, 2022) (ASHRAE, 1992) (Hermawan et al, 2020).…”

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“…(Zhu et al, 2022) (Costa-Carrapiço et al, 2022) (ASHRAE, 1992) (Prianto et al, 2017). Kenyamanan termal adalah sebuah kondisi pikiran dalam mengekspresikan rasa nyaman dan puas terhadap kondisi lingkungan termal dan biasanya dinilai secara subyektif (Costa-Carrapiço et al, 2022) (Yao et al, 2022) (Ye et al, 2022) (Yang et al, 2022) (Hermawan et al, 2019) (Wang et al, 2022) (ASHRAE, 1992) (Hermawan et al, 2020). Perubahan panas pada permukaan tubuh dipengaruhi oleh faktor lingkungan.…”

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Prianto²

2022

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, many people do most of their activities at home. So, acomfortable space is needed to support every activity running optimally. One solution that is believedby the community is that the presence of a pool of water in the house can help lower the temperature of the room. This object located in Semarang. The goal of this study was to look at how much influence indoor water pools have on changes in room temperature and thermal comfort in space. Location of bject research is ini centre of Semarang. The research methods of this study use quantitative paradigms, with data collection from primary empirical sources, through observations, interviews, measurements and documentation. There are two variables specified are dry temperature, humidity and airspeed as free variables, and thermal comfort as bound variables based on SNO 03-6572-2001standar. The results of the study showed that in the afternoon to evening, the dry temperature in a roomwith a pool of water was even higher than the temperature of a room without a pool of water. But the results of ef ective temperature calculations obtained from the combination of dry temperature, humidity and air movement showed a dif erence in results that were not too significant. It can be concluded that the presence of water elements in space does not have a significant influence onthermal comfort. Keywords : Ef ective themperature, thermal comfort, room, water pool

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“…Some studies have pointed out that the high initial cost is the main factor affecting the indoor thermal environment of vernacular dwellings [12]. The construction cost of vernacular dwellings is usually lower than that of urban dwellings, which leads to poor air tightness and thermal insulation of the envelope of vernacular dwellings [13] [14], resulting in an uncomfortable indoor thermal environment [15][16] [17]. However, relevant studies have shown that rural residents tend to show stronger environmental adaptability than urban residents [18] [19].…”

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A Field Study on Thermal Comfort Status of Vernacular Dwellings in Cold Regions of China, Taking Linyi as An Example

Duan

Zhang

Jiao

et al. 2022

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With the deepening of Chinese rural revitalization in recent years, residents' requirements for indoor thermal environment are increasing. It is widely agreed that the indoor thermal environment of vernacular dwellings in cold areas of China is poor in winter, which seriously affects the thermal comfort and health status of residents. Therefore, in light of indoor thermal comfort improvement, this paper first measured the indoor thermal environment of vernacular dwellings in Linyi City, and found that the indoor thermal environment in winter is very bad, and the indoor thermal environment in summer is relatively comfortable. Secondly, by conducting a thermal sensory investigation, we found that the local residents' adaptability to the local cold climate in winter is greater than that to the hot and humid climate in summer. In addition, to identify residents’ comfort range, we established a scatter plot of the relationship between the ambient temperature and the residents' thermal sensory, which show that the residents' comfort range of 23.3℃~30.0℃ in summer and 11.25℃~17.5℃ in winter. This study compares the current indoor thermal environment of vernacular dwellings with the thermal comfort range of residents from the perspective of users, which can be used as a guide and hopefully these results can provide data support for the future indoor thermal comfort improvement in rural vernacular dwellings in Chinese cold rural areas.

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Understanding thermal comfort in vernacular dwellings in Alentejo, Portugal: A mixed-methods adaptive comfort approach

Cited by 28 publications

References 40 publications

Improvement of Human Comfort in Rural Cave Dwellings via Sunrooms in Cold Regions of China

Improvement of Human Comfort in Rural Cave Dwellings via Sunrooms in Cold Regions of China

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A Field Study on Thermal Comfort Status of Vernacular Dwellings in Cold Regions of China, Taking Linyi as An Example

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