THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE RESIDENTIAL OPEN SPACE IN SANA`A CITY – YEMEN (SUMMER PERIOD) | ||
| JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences | ||
| Article 13, Volume 39, No 2, March and April 2011, Pages 453-471 PDF (1.67 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2011.127554 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samira Saleh; Abed_Elmotelb Mohammed; Morad Abed_Elkader | ||
| Abstract | ||
| More attention is being paid to the provision of thermal comfort in the environments in which people live. To achieve this, the need arises to study the impact of climate on design of urban and architectural spaces. Urban development projects provide a good opportunity for the designer to take into account the elements of climate in order to achieve human comfort and to enhance the climatic performance of these spaces. The aim of this paper is to study the thermal performance of urban spaces, especially the residential ones, in summer period. This happens through making field measurements for air temperature, relative humidity and air speed in chosen residential urban spaces in two parts of Sana'a: the old and the new to identify the features of the generated microclimate and to analyze its patterns and characteristics, and to know the best performance for the residential urban spaces. It is hoped that the concluded recommendations will help when designing the residential urban spaces in Sana’a city. | ||
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