A review of passive thermal comfort energy efficiency interventions in residential buildings of Bloemfontein

Kumirai, T.

dc.contributor.author	Kumirai, T.
dc.contributor.other	Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein
dc.date.accessioned	2015-09-03T09:34:41Z
dc.date.available	2015-09-03T09:34:41Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.identifier.issn	1684498X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11462/368
dc.description	Published Article	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The paper presents a critique of passive and active thermal comfort strategies. Extensive review of literature on passive thermal comfort energy efficiency interventions and their benefits was under taken. The paper explains the correlation between climatic comfort and energy efficiency. The applicability of the energy management process in ensuring energy efficiency is presented. Passive thermal comfort energy efficiency interventions have been seen to provide thermal comfort as well as energy efficiency. Their major shortcoming is their disability to work in all kinds of weather, heating in the winter and cooling in the summer. There is need to optimize passive thermal comfort energy efficiency interventions so that they provide heating in the winter and cooling in the summer.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 8, Issue 2: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal;Vol 8, Issue 2
dc.subject	Passive comfort energy efficiency	en_US
dc.subject	Energy and buildings	en_US
dc.title	A review of passive thermal comfort energy efficiency interventions in residential buildings of Bloemfontein	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.rights.holder	Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein