Thermal Comfort Improvement with Passive Design Strategies in Child Development Centers in Thailand

Apiparn Borisuit and Phanchalath Suriyothin ()
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Apiparn Borisuit: Department of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Phanchalath Suriyothin: Department of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 24, 1-21

Abstract: Child Development Centers (CDCs) in Thailand are developed from the same national standard building plan across the country. Due to hot weather conditions, low-cost building materials, and a failure to consider the specific surrounding conditions of each case, thermal discomfort results. This study focuses on an improvement in the thermal comfort of a pilot CDC building in Maha Sarakham province, Thailand. Three CIBSE TM52 model criteria were applied to assess the level of overheating in the CDC building. The IESVE simulation tool was employed to assess the improvement from using passive design strategies (such as orientation, solar protection, thermal insulation, and ventilation). The results showed that passive design strategies could improve the overall thermal comfort of the CDC building. Thermal insulation, especially roof insulation, was the key element in reducing overheating in the building. A fully insulated building with shading devices and a night-time only window-opening pattern could meet the three targeted overheating criteria. Although the limitations of using the CIBSE TM52 model in hot and humid regions have been identified, these findings can be used as an exemplar of passive design strategy integration for other CDC buildings across the country.

Keywords: thermal comfort; Thailand; passive design strategies; child development center (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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