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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | ‘We like to live in the weather’: cooling practices in naturally ventilated dwellings in Darwin |
Author: | Daniel, L.R. |
Citation: | Energy and Buildings, 2017; 158:549-557 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
ISSN: | 0378-7788 1872-6178 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Lyrian Daniel |
Abstract: | To move to holistic indoor environmental quality (IEQ) assessment methods of residential building performance in Australia, a relevant evidence base on the comfort behaviour and preferences of contemporary households is needed. A lack of information on the environmental conditions, behaviour and preferences relevant to dwellings in Australia’s hot humid climates has been revealed as an area of ongoing policy and research interest. This paper explores the cooling practices of households living in predominantly naturally ventilated dwellings in Darwin, the Northern Territory through a survey of behaviour, preferences and dwelling construction (n = 102) and a 12-month longitudinal thermal comfort study in 20 houses (n = 2535). The results show that these households employ a range of adaptive behaviours in response to warm and hot conditions. The houses were almost always naturally ventilated, with the assistance of ceiling fans for approximately 50% of the time. The limited use of air-conditioning in these houses is more strongly associated with indoor humidity levels than temperature. These patterns of comfort behaviour provide a basis for the enhancement of building simulation models for the performance assessment of dwellings in naturally ventilated mode in hot humid climates in Australia. |
Keywords: | Adaptive thermal comfort; cooling practices; residential; natural ventilation; tropical climate |
Rights: | © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.10.031 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.10.031 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Civil and Environmental Engineering publications |
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