Environmental performance of Abuja’s low-income housing: understanding the current state to inform future refinement
In times of global ecological challenges, understanding building performance to improve occupants’ comfort is becoming the norm in various climatic zones and locales. Any performance evaluation should account for occupants’ demands for thermal and visual comfort. However, seeking to analyse the impact of design on the two aspects of comfort simultaneously can be complicated especially when a series of parametric changes with varying impacts on either is necessary. In the Nigerian context, assessing the environmental behaviour of existing residential properties to inform future refinement is becoming far more critical due to the vulnerability of the region to the changing climate, the ongoing issue with the energy supply and the housing shortage. The method adapted in this paper following previous research can be useful for the coinciding evaluation of the thermal environment and visual comfort. The environmental behaviour of two of Abuja’s common housing types, in their current state and with the addition of multiple shading elements was assessed using such methodological procedures to examine their suitability for performing a comprehensive analysis. The paper discusses the simplicity of the graphical representation utilised in displaying the changes in the cases’ behaviour following the alteration. It also provides an insight into their current performance.
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School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy ArchitectureVolume
2Pages
501 - 506Source
PLEA 2018 HONG KONG Smart and Healthy within the 2-degree LimitPublisher
Passive and Low Energy ArchitectureVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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Portions of this proceedings may be reproduced only with proper credit to the authors and the conference proceedings.Publication date
2018-12-10Copyright date
2018ISBN
9789628272365Language
- en