Passive environment control system of Kerala vernacular residential architecture for a comfortable indoor environment: A qualitative and quantitative analyses

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 917-927

  Dili, A S ^a   Naseer, M A ^a   Varghese, T Zacharia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

Kerala; Passive environment control system; Thermal comfort; Vernacular architecture

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE; ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION; IN-BUILDINGS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; KERALA; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PASSIVE METHODS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROL THEORY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; THERMAL COMFORT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 77950028106     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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