Malmö University Publications
Planned maintenance
A system upgrade is planned for 10/12-2024, at 12:00-13:00. During this time DiVA will be unavailable.
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
A vernacular approach to passive cooling for low-income populations in informal settlements in hot climates
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS), Department of Urban Studies (US).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7754-0927
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), Cairo, Egypt.
Eid Studio, Cairo, Egypt.
2021 (English)In: Earthen and wood vernacular heritage and climate change / [ed] Marwa Dabaieh, Lund: Lunds universitet , 2021, p. 84-89Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

With the rise in frequency of severe climate change events, more and more vulnerable populations are suffering from extreme heat waves. This paper explains a hands-on experimental approach to testing vernacular passive cooling strategies using traditional Shisha clay funnels for the hot and dry Egyptian climate. Several clay funnels were investigated in terms of shape, size and form. The clay funnels were measured and simulated for their efficiency in accelerating air flow inside residential units and ability to enhance the air velocity if used in combination with cross ventilation strategies. Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations were conducted in ANSYS Fluent to understand the airflow behaviour inside the simulated test shoe boxes resembling living rooms - using the standard k-ε turbulence model - for single and multi-unit configurations. The results showed significant enhancement in air flow and air speed inside the test room compared to using the conventional windows. Further continuation for this study is needed for testing the thermal performance and the ability of the Shisha clay funnels to reduce indoor air temperature. The study proved that inspiration can be drawn from passive vernacular strategies to enhance thermal comfort and reduce the impact of climate change especially in hot and dry climates.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Lunds universitet , 2021. p. 84-89
Keywords [en]
Passive cooling, clay nozzles, CDF, living labs, vernacular thinking
National Category
Architecture
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-46082ISBN: 978-91-7267-446-2 (print)ISBN: 978-91-7267-447-9 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-46082DiVA, id: diva2:1597105
Conference
Earthen and wood vernacular heritage and climate change. Lund, Sweden, 29-30 August 2021
Available from: 2021-09-24 Created: 2021-09-24 Last updated: 2023-07-03Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(3279 kB)359 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 3279 kBChecksum SHA-512
12a667a575b042ba236ea802e872cefd6f1f0c025bc6ef4a5627c6bd86f2b095c59f7a793c400ce5bad87b7136a0b82f4602c8e0de3d35e8248038b0eb6ed11c
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Other links

Fulltext

Authority records

Dabaieh, Marwa

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Dabaieh, Marwa
By organisation
Department of Urban Studies (US)
Architecture

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 360 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

isbn
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

isbn
urn-nbn
Total: 1054 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf