Sustainable strategies for improving passive survivability of the traditional Pol House in Ahmedabad, India

Demand for cooling is increasing globally as a result of economic and population growth, as well as higher temperatures. Emerging economies like India contribute to half of this growth. Adaptation of cities to changing climatic conditions is needed, along with a reduction in cooling demand to limit...

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Autores: López Cabeza, Victoria Patricia, Agarwal, Aditi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/181074
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108503
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pol house
Indoor comfort
Outdoor comfort
Passive survivability
Embodied energy
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spelling Sustainable strategies for improving passive survivability of the traditional Pol House in Ahmedabad, IndiaLópez Cabeza, Victoria PatriciaAgarwal, AditiPol houseIndoor comfortOutdoor comfortPassive survivabilityEmbodied energyDemand for cooling is increasing globally as a result of economic and population growth, as well as higher temperatures. Emerging economies like India contribute to half of this growth. Adaptation of cities to changing climatic conditions is needed, along with a reduction in cooling demand to limit the greenhouse emissions that are affecting climate change. This study proposes a methodology of analysis and adaptation of a traditional dwelling, the Pol House, in the Indian city of Ahmedabad. The use of various low carbon strategies to improve passive survivability, and increase indoor and outdoor comfort is studied through a simulation model. Results show that passive strategies like increased insulation in walls and roof, a seasonal shading schedule for the windows and courtyard, when coupled with increased air movement using simple fans have proven to be very effective. Indoor comfort time increased from 39% to 90–100% and Wet Bulb Globe Temperature in comfortable categories increased between 9% and 16% in all the rooms, during the periods analyzed. In conclusion, the adaptation of traditional dwellings to current climatic conditions can be achieved with low carbon emission strategies, using adaptive comfort method, and contributing to reducing global cooling demand.ElsevierConstrucciones Arquitectónicas I2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/181074https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108503reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésBuilding and Environment, 207, 108503.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132321008982info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1810742026-06-17T12:51:07Z
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title Sustainable strategies for improving passive survivability of the traditional Pol House in Ahmedabad, India
spellingShingle Sustainable strategies for improving passive survivability of the traditional Pol House in Ahmedabad, India
López Cabeza, Victoria Patricia
Pol house
Indoor comfort
Outdoor comfort
Passive survivability
Embodied energy
title_short Sustainable strategies for improving passive survivability of the traditional Pol House in Ahmedabad, India
title_full Sustainable strategies for improving passive survivability of the traditional Pol House in Ahmedabad, India
title_fullStr Sustainable strategies for improving passive survivability of the traditional Pol House in Ahmedabad, India
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable strategies for improving passive survivability of the traditional Pol House in Ahmedabad, India
title_sort Sustainable strategies for improving passive survivability of the traditional Pol House in Ahmedabad, India
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López Cabeza, Victoria Patricia
Agarwal, Aditi
author López Cabeza, Victoria Patricia
author_facet López Cabeza, Victoria Patricia
Agarwal, Aditi
author_role author
author2 Agarwal, Aditi
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Construcciones Arquitectónicas I
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pol house
Indoor comfort
Outdoor comfort
Passive survivability
Embodied energy
topic Pol house
Indoor comfort
Outdoor comfort
Passive survivability
Embodied energy
description Demand for cooling is increasing globally as a result of economic and population growth, as well as higher temperatures. Emerging economies like India contribute to half of this growth. Adaptation of cities to changing climatic conditions is needed, along with a reduction in cooling demand to limit the greenhouse emissions that are affecting climate change. This study proposes a methodology of analysis and adaptation of a traditional dwelling, the Pol House, in the Indian city of Ahmedabad. The use of various low carbon strategies to improve passive survivability, and increase indoor and outdoor comfort is studied through a simulation model. Results show that passive strategies like increased insulation in walls and roof, a seasonal shading schedule for the windows and courtyard, when coupled with increased air movement using simple fans have proven to be very effective. Indoor comfort time increased from 39% to 90–100% and Wet Bulb Globe Temperature in comfortable categories increased between 9% and 16% in all the rooms, during the periods analyzed. In conclusion, the adaptation of traditional dwellings to current climatic conditions can be achieved with low carbon emission strategies, using adaptive comfort method, and contributing to reducing global cooling demand.
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