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Environmental performance of Abuja’s low-income housing: understanding the current state to inform future refinement

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posted on 2024-04-04, 14:47 authored by Mahmood Abdulkareem, Sura Al-MaiyahSura Al-Maiyah

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

Published in

Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture

Volume

2

Pages

501 - 506

Source

PLEA 2018 HONG KONG Smart and Healthy within the 2-degree Limit

Publisher

Passive and Low Energy Architecture

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Rights holder

© The Authors

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Portions of this proceedings may be reproduced only with proper credit to the authors and the conference proceedings.

Publication date

2018-12-10

Copyright date

2018

ISBN

9789628272365

Language

  • en

Editor(s)

Edward Ng; Square Fong; Chao Ren

Location

Hong Kong, China

Event dates

10th December 2018 - 12th December 2018

Depositor

Dr Sura Al-Maiyah. Deposit date: 1 April 2024

Article number

1127

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