Thermal performance of traditional housing in the cool season in Zambia

Renewable Energy

Volumn 8, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 190-193

  Sharples, S ^a   Malama, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Thermal comfort; Thermal performance; Traditional housing; Tropical upland climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COLD EFFECTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PERFORMANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS;

EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENTS; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRADITIONAL HOUSING; TROPICAL UPLAND CLIMATE;

TROPICAL BUILDINGS;

EID: 0030145441     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)88843-4     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Koeningsberger, O.H., S.V. Szokolay, T.G. Ingersol and A. Mayhew (1974). Manual for tropical housing and building. Part 1: Climatic design. Longman, London.
2. Konya, A. (1980). Design primer for hot climates. The Architectural Press Ltd.. London.
3. Malama A and S. Sharples (1995). Thermal comfort survey in Zambia. Internal report, School of Architectural Studies, University of Sheffield .
4. Malama A. and S. Sharples (1996). Thermal and Economic Implications of Passive Cooling Strategies in low-cost Housing in Tropical Upland Climates. To be published in Architectural Science Review.