Costa, Inês;
Neila González, Javier;
Raslan, Rokia;
Sánchez-Guevara, Carmen;
(2021)
Understanding the Challenges of Determining Thermal Comfort in Vernacular Dwellings: A Meta-Analysis.
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Abstract
The thermal comfort assessment of vernacular dwellings, as well as their inherently linked thermal dynamic modelling process, present specific challenges which remain unaddressed in the literature. The overarching purpose of this review is to identify and analyse the main methods and challenges in thermal comfort evaluation and modelling of vernacular dwellings and recommend pathways for future improvement. The main challenges found regarding thermal comfort evaluation intertwine with those of modelling vernacular dwellings. These are: i. the inadequacy of current standards; ii. the use of steady-state approaches despite evidence of their inadequacy; iii. the lack of a clear monitoring framework and insufficient occupant surveying; iv. increased uncertainty from imprecise or unfeasible in situ monitoring; v. inaccurate modelling, due to a lack of consistent methodology and guidelines for hygrothermal model calibration; imprecise input data and; inherent software limitations in modelling vernacular elements. The main recommendations identified through this analysis include the improvement of current comfort standards and models based on further long-term field studies and the possibility of adjusting their thresholds, the development of a common monitoring framework and which parameters to focus on, and the creation of a standard on hygrothermal model calibration entailing the most adequate indexes and variables.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
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| Title: | Understanding the Challenges of Determining Thermal Comfort in Vernacular Dwellings: A Meta-Analysis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.3944617 |
| Publisher version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3944617 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Indoor thermal comfort, vernacular dwellings, adaptive comfort evaluation, model calibration |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10146492 |
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