Citation

Raychaudhuri BC, Ali S, Garg DP. Build. Sci. 1965; 1(1): 79-88.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1965, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0007-3628(65)90008-3

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a year-round experimental investigation carried out to study the effect of orientation on the indoor thermal conditions of thirty-two occupied dwellings of similar plans and design specifications but having eight different orientations. Matrix method of computation was also used for predicting the indoor temperatures. From both the experimental observations and the theoretical computations, it is found that the dwellings facing south-east and south directions have better indoor climatic environment throughout the year. The observed effective temperatures are found to be within the comfort zones only during the winter afternoons while for the rest of the periods of observation in the year, it is beyond the comfort zones in all the houses.

Language: en