Abstract
Historical, traditional and vernacular housing prototypes have been considered as inherently adapted to the constraints of the natural environment. Such a deterministic attitude has often led to the wrong conclusions regarding appropriate technologies and solutions in general, and in particular those relevant to low cost housing for developing countries. This paper analyses a number of generic types of housing common around the Middle East and the Mediterranean, and assesses their performance vis-à-vis different low-tech upgrade and retrofit strategies. A number of methods and techniques were employed, including monitoring, modeling, numerical analysis, simulation and infrared thermography. Investigations included different building technologies and materials, morphologies and details, under different arid conditions typical of the Middle Eastern climatic regions.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 7th Int. Conf. Energy-Efficient Healthy Buildings |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2003 |
Keywords
- Climate
- Construction
- Energy efficiency
- Modeling
- Sustainability
