| Author(s) | Mohammed A. Eben Saleh |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and Building Sciences College of Architecture and Planning, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Title | Comparisonof Thermal Performance of Buildings Using Hollow |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Architecture & Planning. Volume 4, No 1. (1992/1412) |
| Abstract | The thermal performance of buildings using four different building techniques of hollow clay blocks for building external walls were studied, evaluated and compared with similar building techniques of hollow cement blocks, in the hot dry climate of Saudi Arabia. A predefined computer program, using the transient heat transfer method and thermal response fac-tor method, was utilized as the main research tool for investigating the impact of the external environment on the quantity of space indoor temperature and space cooling / heating loads. This research showed alternating significance between three different building techniques utilized in the study in terms of space indoor temperature and space cooling / heating loads. Also, this study demonstrated the significance of the building technique which utilizes a composite wall of hollow clay blocks, thermal insulation material, and dense cement blocks, as compared to the building technique which utilizes hollow cement block, thermal insulation material and dense cement blocks, in terms of thermal performance. |
