Table Of ContentNapoleon Enteria · Hazim Awbi ·
Mat Santamouris Editors
Building in Hot
and Humid
Regions
Historical Perspective and Technological
Advances
Building in Hot and Humid Regions
Napoleon Enteria Hazim Awbi
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Mat Santamouris
Editors
Building in Hot and Humid
Regions
Historical Perspective and Technological
Advances
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Editors
Napoleon Enteria HazimAwbi
Department ofMechanical Engineering and Schoolof Construction Management
Technology,Iligan Institute of Technology andEngineering
MindanaoState University University of Reading
Iligan,Philippines Reading, UK
Mat Santamouris
Schoolof Built Environment
University of NewSouthWales
Sydney,NSW,Australia
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Preface
The rapid development and advancement of the economies of many countries
situated in hot and humid regions have contributed tremendously to an increase in
energyconsumptioninthesecountries.Inturn,greenhousegasemissionshavealso
increased alongside a rising demand for better living conditions. As the supply of
conventional energy sources is now a serious issue related to greenhouse gas
emissions,thedesignandconstructionofenergy-efficient,healthy,andcomfortable
buildings have become a trend in these regions.
Thiseditionofthisbookpresentsahistoricalperspectiveofbuildingsinhotand
humidregionsbasedontraditionalandmoderntechnologies.Thiseditiondiscusses
results from extensiveresearchand developmenteffortsand practices by designers
and developers. Several experts in the fields of building sciences and architecture
from different countries were invited to contribute chapters to this book to provide
the reader with the latest developments in the areas covered in these chapters. The
contributions of these experts provide useful information regarding the advance-
ment of building sciences and architecture in hot and humid regions.
Thisbookisvaluabletostudents,designers,researchers,andpolicy-makerswho
want to learn from researchers’ current knowledge of building design and perfor-
mance in hot and humid regions. The contents of this book will enhance the
knowledge of students who are studying architecture, building sciences, and
engineering by providing them with the latest developments in these fields.
Researchersanddesignerscanbenefitfromthisbookbyconsideringandevaluating
theadvancementsinbuildingdesignandperformanceinhotandhumidregionthat
are examined in this book. Policy-makers will benefit from the information in this
book through its evaluation of the latest developments in building design and by
implementing these evaluations into their plans to improve their policies.
Thebookdiscussesthehistoricalperspectiveoftheevolutionofbuildingsinhot
andhumidregionsfromtraditionalcoolingmethodstomodernbuildingdesigns.It
also highlights the external and internal factors that affect the performance and
operation of buildings and how these factors are considered when buildings are
designed. Different strategies can be implemented into buildings’ designs in dif-
ferent hot and humid regions to make them energy-efficient while providing their
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occupants with comfort. Thus, the book’s contents provide guidelines for under-
standing the design and operation of energy-efficient buildings in these regions.
Theeditorsareverythankfultotheexpertswhomadevaluablecontributionsto
this book. The editors were pleased to provide the time and the expert knowledge
needed to complete this book. The editors are also very thankful to Springer for
publishing this book. The editors are thankful to the staff of Springer for their
support from the conceptualization stage up to the publication of the book. Lastly,
theeditorsarethankfultotheirfamiliesfortheirfullsupportduringthepreparation
of this book.
Finally, the editors, contributors, and publishers are hoping that this book will
provide readers with a fundamental understanding of the subject and that, in turn,
furtheradvancementsinthefieldsofbuildingsciencesandarchitecturewillbecome
apriorityinhotandhumidregions.Thisiscrucialasthebuildingsectoriscurrently
one of the major consumers of conventional energy sources and contributors of
greenhouses gases. It is hoped that more research, developments, and policy
changes will be carried out based on the information presented in this book.
Iligan, Philippines Napoleon Enteria
Reading, UK Hazim Awbi
Sydney, Australia Mat Santamouris
Contents
Perspective and Advances of Houses and Buildings in Hot
and Humid Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Napoleon Enteria, Hazim Awbi and Mat Santamouris
Countermeasures to Urban Heat Island Considering
Urban Energy Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Kazuki Yamaguchi and Tomohiko Ihara
Building Design for Hot and Humid Climate in a Changing
World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Maria Andrea Triana, Renata De Vecchi and Roberto Lamberts
Evaluation of Microclimatic Comfort Around Campus Buildings
at the Pedestrian Level by Means of Field Measurements and Survey
of Satisfaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Enes Yasa
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Consideration for the Design
of Buildings for Hot and Humid Regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
D. Kolokotsa, Junjing Yang and Alexandros Pantazaras
Tectonics in the Gulf Architecture: ‘Modernity of Tradition’
in Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Mamun Rashid and Dilshad Ara
Advances in Wind Tunnel and CFD Analysis for Building Design
in Hot–Humid Climates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Priyadarsini Rajagopalan
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Utilization of Natural Ventilation for Hot and Humid Singapore. . . . . . 165
Nyuk Hien Wong, Erna Tan and Ayu Sukma Adelia
Energy-Efficient and Renewable Energy-Supported Buildings
in Hot and Humid Regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Napoleon Enteria and Hiroshi Yoshino
Air Conditioning and Ventilation Systems in Hot and Humid
Regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Napoleon Enteria and Takao Sawachi
About the Editors
Napoleon Enteria is a Professor of Mechanical
Engineering at Mindanao State University–Iligan
Institute of Technology, Philippines. He has worked as
research specialist at Building Research Institute, a
researchstaffmemberatTohokuUniversityforindustry
–government–academe collaboration, a scientist at the
Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore of the
NationalUniversityofSingapore,andaglobalcenterof
excellenceresearcherattheWindEngineeringResearch
CenteroftheTokyoPolytechnicUniversity.Hefounded
theEnteriaGrünEnergietechnik,aresearchandtechnol-
ogy consultancy for tropical climate. His scientific and
technicalactivitiesinrenewableenergysystems,HVACR
systems,buildingsciences,andbuiltenvironmenthaveled
to the production of several papers in books, journals,
conferences,andtechnicalreports.Hehasparticipatedin
collaborativeprojectswithresearchinstitutes,universities,
andcompaniesacrossseveralcountries.Heisanassociate
editor with the Elsevier’s Solar Energy journal and
Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan’s
Applied Solar Energy journal. He isa guest editor for a
Solar Energy journal special issue on Net Zero Energy
Buildings (NZEB). He is a member of the American
SocietyofMechanicalEngineers(ASME),theAmerican
Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers(ASHRAE),andtheInternationalSolarEnergy
Society(ISES).
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HazimAwbi isaProfessorEmeritusoftheUniversity
of Reading, UK, where he was previously a Professor
of Building Environmental Science, Director of the
Technologies of Sustainable Built Environments
Centre, and Director of the Indoor Environment and
EnergyResearchGroup.Hisresearchinterestsareroom
air-flow analysis and modeling, computational fluid
dynamics, indoor air quality, air distribution systems,
low-energy building environmental control systems,
heat transfer, and energy storage. He is the author of
Ventilation of Buildings (Taylor and Francis), editor of
Ventilation Systems—Design and Performance (Taylor
& Francis), and of the CIBSE Application Manual
11: Building Performance Modelling, and co-author of
another four books. He has published more than 160
articles in journals and conference proceedings.
Professor Awbi is Chairman of the Building
Simulation Group of the Chartered Institution of
Building Services Engineers, London.
MatSantamouris isaScientiaProfessorandtheAnita
Lawrence Chair of High Performance Architecture at
the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is
also a Professor at the University of Athens, Greece,
and a Visiting Professor at the Cyprus Institute, the
MetropolitanUniversityofLondon,TokyoPolytechnic
University,BolzanoUniversity,BrunelUniversity,and
theNationalUniversity ofSingapore. He hasserved as
the Director of the Laboratory of Building Energy
Research at the University of Athens and is a former
President of the National Center of Renewable and
Energy Savings of Greece. He works as the Editor in
Chief of Energy and Buildings, and is a former Editor
in Chief of the Journal of Advanced Building Energy
Research and Associate Editor for the Solar Energy
journal. He has been a member of the editorial board
oftheInternationalJournalofSolarEnergy,Journalof
Buildings and Environment, Journal of Sustainable
Energy,Journal ofLow CarbonTechnologies,Journal
of Open Construction and Building Technology,
Sustainable Cities and Society, and the Journal of
Ventilation. He is the editor of the Buildings, Energy
and Solar Technologies series of books published by
Earthscan Science Publishers in London and of
