Energy and microclimatic performance of Mediterranean vernacular buildings: The Sassi district of Matera and the Trulli district of Alberobello

Cardinale, Nicola; Rospi, Gianluca; Stefanizzi, Pietro

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.10.006

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“…In the absence of advanced technological solutions to achieve comfort conditions, vernacular buildings were built using low-tech passive strategies that take advantage of available endogenous resources and other criteria such as: insolation; orientation; geometry; form; and materials, among others [3][4][5]. The relevance of vernacular features is still valid today being now the basis of sustainable building design [6].…”

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Contribution of Portuguese Vernacular Building Strategies to Indoor Thermal Comfort and Occupants’ Perception

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Solar passive strategies that have been developed in vernacular architecture from different regions are a response to specific climate effects. These strategies are usually simple, low-tech and have low potential environmental impact. For this reason, several studies highlight them as having potential to reduce the demands of non-renewable energy for buildings operation. In this paper, the climatic contrast between northern and southern parts of mainland Portugal is presented, namely the regions of Beira Alta and Alentejo. Additionally, it discusses the contribution of different climate-responsive strategies developed in vernacular architecture from both regions to assure thermal comfort conditions. In Beira Alta, the use of glazed balconies as a strategy to capture solar gains is usual, while in Alentejo the focus is on passive cooling strategies. To understand the effectiveness of these strategies, thermal performances and comfort conditions of two case studies were evaluated based on the adaptive comfort model. Field tests included measurement of hygrothermal parameters and surveys on occupants' thermal sensation. From the results, it has been found that the case studies have shown a good thermal performance by passive means alone and that the occupants feel comfortable, except during winter where there is the need to use simple heating systems. OPEN ACCESSBuildings 2015, 5 1243

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Contribution of Portuguese Vernacular Building Strategies to Indoor Thermal Comfort and Occupants’ Perception

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“…1). The simulation results were validated using the inequality coefficient [23], based on measurements provided by the University of Cyprus research group involved in Biovernacular project [33] presenting a good agreement The inequality coefficient is used to validate prediction models used in thermal performance and describes the inequality in the magnitude domain due to three sources: unequal tendency (mean), unequal variation (variance) and imperfect co-variation (co-variance). The resultant coefficient can range in value between 0 and 1, with 0 indicating a perfect match and 1 denoting no match [34].…”

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“…The energy and microclimatic performance of Mediterranean vernacular buildings was investigated by Cardinale et al [23]. The study focused on two types of buildings that are the examples of vernacular architecture in Southern Italy, namely the Sassi of Matera and the Trulli of Alberobello.…”

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Numerical assessment of night ventilation impact on the thermal comfort of vernacular buildings

2017

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Night ventilation, is one of the most effective passive cooling techniques that may contribute to the improvement of the occupants thermal comfort conditions. Despite the justified effectiveness of night ventilation, few studies quantified its influence on the thermal comfort of vernacular buildings, especially under warm dominant climates. The aim of this study is the investigation of the impact of night ventilation on the thermal comfort of vernacular buildings under summer dominant environmental conditions. The subjects under investigation was one traditional buildings in the city of Nicosia in Cyprus. In terms of this study numerical analysis regarding the thermal comfort of the investigated buildings was performed by employing Energy Plus and the flow solver of Design Builder. The indoor operative temperature distribution, the indoor air velocity and a thermal comfort related index were identified in selected thermal zones of the examined building using night ventilation. The results of this study quantified the potential temperature decrease that can result on vernacular buildings due to the use of night ventilation and revealed some restrictions with regard to the allowed percentage of the opening sizes towards achieving optimal thermal conditions in space. This study aspires to provide useful insight regarding the importance of humans' behavior in terms of enabling night ventilation to vernacular buildings, as well as to con-tribute to the ongoing scientific discussion on this subject.

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“…However literature linking environmental rehabilitation, focusing on the integration of innovative sustainable energy systems, with vernacular heritage is scarce. Additionally, in the last few years vernacular heritage has been reviewed concerning indoor thermal comfort, predominating published literature on the geographic areas of Mediterranean (Cardinale, 2013;Philokyprou et al 2012), India (Priya et al 2012) and China (Zhai et al 2010). Very little published literature addresses this theme in portuguese vernacular dwellings.…”

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Study for the rehabilitation of vernacular architecture with sustainable criteria

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Neila-González²

2013

Vernacular Heritage and Earthen Architecture

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Energy and microclimatic performance of Mediterranean vernacular buildings: The Sassi district of Matera and the Trulli district of Alberobello

Cited by 94 publications

References 5 publications

Contribution of Portuguese Vernacular Building Strategies to Indoor Thermal Comfort and Occupants’ Perception

Contribution of Portuguese Vernacular Building Strategies to Indoor Thermal Comfort and Occupants’ Perception

Numerical assessment of night ventilation impact on the thermal comfort of vernacular buildings

Study for the rehabilitation of vernacular architecture with sustainable criteria

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