Evaluation of indoor environment in vernacular dwellings

numerical analysis by CFD and experimental study

Abstract

Vernacular dwellings incorporate effective techniques to improve the quality of the indoor environment by making full use of natural power. It is therefore expected to utilize their design concepts in making modern environmentally symbiotic housings. In this study, the indoor environment in vernacular dwellings is analyzed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and is measured on the spot Owing to all the studies, effectiveness of each technique are confirmed. Consequently, it is important to recognize the value of these traditional techniques and utilize their design concepts in the design of modern dwellings, especially when designing environmentally symbiotic housing.