TY - GEN
T1 - A Comparative Study of Masonry Units for Energy Efficient Building Construction with Focus on Thermal Comfort with a Case Study
AU - Abraham, Riya Anna
AU - Laxman Kudva, P.
N1 - Funding Information:
The present work was supported by a grant sanctioned to AK under DST-SERC Fast Track Scheme (SR/FT/L-29/2003)
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The modern world demands environment friendly, energy efficient designs along with economic building materials in the construction industry, which are key to sustainable buildings. This paper, through a case study conducted at Manipal region of Karnataka, India, compares and quantifies the thermal efficiencies of concrete, mud, and laterite on transmission loss/gain rate values with reference to the envelopes (exterior walls) of the building. The necessary data sampling for computation was done during the summer months of March and April 2017, involving parameters of thermal transmittance (U-value), thermal resistance (R-value), and thermal conductivity (K-value) pertaining to the construction materials comprising the walls along with temperature (internal and external) of various rooms in the building. The work summarizes the relationship between these parameters, transmission loss/gain rate, as well as the thermal efficiency. In conclusion, the study demonstrates that laterite is the optimum masonry unit for building construction in tropical regions such as South India.
AB - The modern world demands environment friendly, energy efficient designs along with economic building materials in the construction industry, which are key to sustainable buildings. This paper, through a case study conducted at Manipal region of Karnataka, India, compares and quantifies the thermal efficiencies of concrete, mud, and laterite on transmission loss/gain rate values with reference to the envelopes (exterior walls) of the building. The necessary data sampling for computation was done during the summer months of March and April 2017, involving parameters of thermal transmittance (U-value), thermal resistance (R-value), and thermal conductivity (K-value) pertaining to the construction materials comprising the walls along with temperature (internal and external) of various rooms in the building. The work summarizes the relationship between these parameters, transmission loss/gain rate, as well as the thermal efficiency. In conclusion, the study demonstrates that laterite is the optimum masonry unit for building construction in tropical regions such as South India.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784482032.001
DO - 10.1061/9780784482032.001
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85138794941
T3 - Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies: Resilience and Sustainability of Infrastructure - Selected Papers from the ASCE India Conference 2017
SP - 1
EP - 10
BT - Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies
A2 - Singh, Udai P.
A2 - Sivakumar Babu, G. L.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - ASCE India Conference 2017 on Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies: Resilience and Sustainability of Infrastructure
Y2 - 12 December 2017 through 14 December 2017
ER -