Engineered bioclimatic responses in ancient settlements: a case study.
Adaptive thermal comfort
Ancient settlements
Bioclimatic responses
HVAC loads
Hydraulic air-conditioning
Tropical microclimate
Journal
International journal of biometeorology
ISSN: 1432-1254
Titre abrégé: Int J Biometeorol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0374716
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
Historique:
received:
17
08
2020
accepted:
17
05
2021
revised:
23
04
2021
pubmed:
30
5
2021
medline:
27
10
2021
entrez:
29
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Mandya district of Karnataka, India, houses a unique Jain settlement constructed about 1000 years ago. Recent excavations by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) indicate a high degree of engineering skills among the builders of this settlement. Adapting to heat-stresses in a region where the Monsoons often failed was and is still a matter of concern. Ingenious methods were adopted to modulate bioclimatic responses to maintain thermal comfort indices. The Aretippurians used composite building fabrics which modulated heat transfer to the interiors. Indeed, the thermal transmittances for these composite fabrics were low to moderate for both the temple complexes as well as the dormitories; these were 0.27 Wm
Identifiants
pubmed: 34050435
doi: 10.1007/s00484-021-02153-6
pii: 10.1007/s00484-021-02153-6
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
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© 2021. ISB.
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