Indoor thermal performance of an office building using Conventional Brick Versus Interlocking Compressed Earth Brick (ICEB) wall
In recent years, the growing interest in using earth as modern wall material has mushroomed. However, the study on its indoor thermal environmental impact is still lacking Thus, this study was meant to investigate and compare the resulting indoor thermal performance of an office building d...
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| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8083/1/J5984_654ed8172ddd89a9a160d89fc061a454.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/8083/ |
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| Summary: | In recent years, the growing interest in using earth
as modern wall material has mushroomed. However, the
study on its indoor thermal environmental impact is still
lacking Thus, this study was meant to investigate and
compare the resulting indoor thermal performance of an
office building due to common brick (CB) and interlocking
compressed earth brick (ICEB) as wall materials. The
comparison was based on the results of thermal simulation
using ECOTECT program. It was found that by using ICEB
for wall construction could possibly reduce the indoor
operative temperature of office building by 1°C during the
day. Moreover, the temperature distribution indicates that
the percentage of indoor operative temperature remains in
comfort condition during the working hours increase at
about 22% on the ground floor and 30% on the first floor
respectively, throughout the year. It is evident that ICEB
provides a better indoor thermal performance than that of
CB, and thus it has greater potential as alternative wall
material in improving the indoor environmental condition
during the day particularly in office building. |
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