ملخص الدراسة:

Exploring buildings’ thermal behavior is necessary to predict occupants’ comfort, to identify energy consumption, and to examine alternate enhancements for achieving better indoor thermal environments and energy efficient buildings. This paper intended to examine thermal comfort and thermal performance of houses reconstructed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in refugee camps in Palestine. Computer thermal simulation was employed as a main method. Two groups of houses- old and new- were simulated and assessed. It was revealed that the old houses are colder in winter and hotter in summer and the swing in resultant temperature (RT) in the old house is greater than that in the new houses. In old houses, RT fluctuates from (8- 19 oC) in winter and from (22-36 oC) in summer. Internal gain is the highest percentage of heat gain in the majority of the new houses, while fabrics loss represents the highest percentage of heat loss. The highest percentage of heat loss in the majority of the old houses is the Infiltration/Ventilation loss. In terms of fabrics breakdown, in the majority of new houses, walls loss is the highest fabrics loss in winter while roof gain is the highest fabrics gain in summer. In old houses, heat loss and heat gain through roofs are the highest in winter and summer respectively. It can be indicated that the UNRWA obviously improved the houses’ thermal performance but the indoor thermal conditions in the new houses still need more modification.

توثيق المرجعي (APA)

Saleh, Sanaa Y. (2016). An Investigation into Thermal Performance and Thermal Comfort of Houses in Refugee Camps in Palestine Using Computer Simulation. 6th International Engineering Conference (IEC6) on Energy-Efficient Buildings, The Islamic University of Gaza. 28250