Thermal comfort in apartments in India: Adaptive use of environmental controls and hindrances

Madhavi Indraganti

Renewable Energy, 2011, vol. 36, issue 4, 1182-1189

Abstract: Energy used in buildings in India is ever-increasing. About 47% of total energy in Indian residential buildings is used for ventilation controls alone. Comfort temperatures defined in Indian codes are inappropriate (23–26 °C). There are no thermal comfort field studies in residences reported from India. The author conducted a field study in apartments in Hyderabad, in summer and monsoon seasons in 2008. The present paper discusses the occupants’ methods of environmental control, behavioural adaptation and impediments.

Keywords: Occupant behaviour; Behavioural adaptation; Impediments to adaptation; Environmental controls; Thermal comfort; Field study in apartments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.10.002

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