Passive cooling effects of traditional vernacular houses in the sub-tropical region of Nepal

22nd International Conference, PLEA 2005: Passive and Low Energy Architecture - Environmental Sustainability: The Challenge of Awareness in Developing Societies, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 173-178

  Rijal, Hom Bahadur ^a   Yoshida, Harunori ^a   Umemiya, Noriko ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mud vessel; Nepal; Passive cooling; Thermal environment; Traditional house

Indexed keywords

BRICK WALL; INDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE; MUD VESSEL; NEPAL; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; OUTDOOR-AIR TEMPERATURE; PASSIVE COOLING; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

COOLING; THERMAL COMFORT; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

HOUSES;

EID: 84864543046     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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