Greening Vernacular Building Projects in Northern Nigeria
| Autor: | Mukhtar Alkali, Wang Xinping, Anvar Safarov, I. I. Danja, S. G. Dalibi, L. U. Inuwa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 495:012074 |
| ISSN: | 1755-1315 1755-1307 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1755-1315/495/1/012074 |
| Popis: | The concept of green building has extended its boundaries over the past decades as it now involves several other disciplines. Greening takes advantage of available human and natural resources, including solar access, wind patterns, accessible, and affordable construction materials. The introduction of some specific green ideas and features into vernacular buildings in northern Nigeria will not only improve the living condition of the building occupants but can also sustain, and preserve the traditional practices while also introducing new innovative design ideas into vernacular architectural traditions, thereby, saving the vernacular architecture of such regions. Geographical factors such as solar radiation and the problem of the Tropical Continental Air mass (CT) locally known as the harmattan wind, which significantly affects the daily usage of the residents. This study recommends the use of some selected green building concepts into the vernacular architectural practices in northern Nigeria with the view of identifying the impact of the proposed features on the performance of vernacular buildings in Northern Nigeria. Proposed concepts were integrated into a prototype of the existing buildings. Reviewed literature is used to determine the adaptable features, and An energy simulation using Autodesk Insight, an add-in of Revit software, and Autodesk flow simulation software are used to assess their effects on such buildings. The result shows that the adopted ideas will significantly improve the indoor environment quality and the entire livelihood of the building occupants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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