An Investigation on the Thermal Environment of Residential Courtyards in the Cold Area of Western Sichuan Plateau
Located on the east side of China’s Qinghai–Tibet Plateau is the Western Sichuan Plateau, the courtyard adopts a passive design to withstand the harsh climate in cold areas, and its internal thermal environment has a direct impact on the productivity and activities of the residents. This paper takes...
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| description | Located on the east side of China’s Qinghai–Tibet Plateau is the Western Sichuan Plateau, the courtyard adopts a passive design to withstand the harsh climate in cold areas, and its internal thermal environment has a direct impact on the productivity and activities of the residents. This paper takes a plateau village (3500 m above sea level) beside the Sichuan–Tibet line as the research area, and selects four typical local courtyard layouts and an outdoor reference point for the measurement and comparison of the thermal environment. By comparing the measured parameters inside and outside the courtyard, and the correlation analysis, it was deduced as follows. (1) In the cold winter, traditional plateau residential courtyards can create a stable internal micro-climate, but the cold resistance of the courtyards is closely related to its layout. (2) Except for wind speed, other thermal environment parameters of the courtyard are all affected by solar radiation (3) The correlation analysis of the various environmental parameters and physiologically equivalent temperature (PET) showed that the correlation coefficient between the mean radiation temperature (Tmrt) and all courtyard PET values is <0.0001, showing a significant correlation. The indicators of mean temperature radiation are mainly affected by the temperature and the wind speed; furthermore, the temperature and solar radiation are positively correlated, which confirms that the solar radiation and wind speed within the courtyard are the main factors affecting the internal thermal environment in the courtyard. (4) Feedback the courtyard layout problems through the difference in the thermal environment parameters within different courtyards, and then determine some shortcomings in the current courtyard layout design. The inferences drawn from this work will provide a scientific basis for the design, layout, and construction of courtyards in other cold plateau areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-31e2765abcf0439086b6d569ae5dbc562023-11-23T13:11:27ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092022-01-011214910.3390/buildings12010049An Investigation on the Thermal Environment of Residential Courtyards in the Cold Area of Western Sichuan PlateauSheng Xu0Bin Cheng1Zefeng Huang2Chenyang Shen3College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, ChinaLocated on the east side of China’s Qinghai–Tibet Plateau is the Western Sichuan Plateau, the courtyard adopts a passive design to withstand the harsh climate in cold areas, and its internal thermal environment has a direct impact on the productivity and activities of the residents. This paper takes a plateau village (3500 m above sea level) beside the Sichuan–Tibet line as the research area, and selects four typical local courtyard layouts and an outdoor reference point for the measurement and comparison of the thermal environment. By comparing the measured parameters inside and outside the courtyard, and the correlation analysis, it was deduced as follows. (1) In the cold winter, traditional plateau residential courtyards can create a stable internal micro-climate, but the cold resistance of the courtyards is closely related to its layout. (2) Except for wind speed, other thermal environment parameters of the courtyard are all affected by solar radiation (3) The correlation analysis of the various environmental parameters and physiologically equivalent temperature (PET) showed that the correlation coefficient between the mean radiation temperature (Tmrt) and all courtyard PET values is <0.0001, showing a significant correlation. The indicators of mean temperature radiation are mainly affected by the temperature and the wind speed; furthermore, the temperature and solar radiation are positively correlated, which confirms that the solar radiation and wind speed within the courtyard are the main factors affecting the internal thermal environment in the courtyard. (4) Feedback the courtyard layout problems through the difference in the thermal environment parameters within different courtyards, and then determine some shortcomings in the current courtyard layout design. The inferences drawn from this work will provide a scientific basis for the design, layout, and construction of courtyards in other cold plateau areas.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/1/49plateau cold areatraditional house courtyardthermal environmentrelated analysis |
| spellingShingle | Sheng Xu Bin Cheng Zefeng Huang Chenyang Shen An Investigation on the Thermal Environment of Residential Courtyards in the Cold Area of Western Sichuan Plateau Buildings plateau cold area traditional house courtyard thermal environment related analysis |
| title | An Investigation on the Thermal Environment of Residential Courtyards in the Cold Area of Western Sichuan Plateau |
| title_full | An Investigation on the Thermal Environment of Residential Courtyards in the Cold Area of Western Sichuan Plateau |
| title_fullStr | An Investigation on the Thermal Environment of Residential Courtyards in the Cold Area of Western Sichuan Plateau |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Investigation on the Thermal Environment of Residential Courtyards in the Cold Area of Western Sichuan Plateau |
| title_short | An Investigation on the Thermal Environment of Residential Courtyards in the Cold Area of Western Sichuan Plateau |
| title_sort | investigation on the thermal environment of residential courtyards in the cold area of western sichuan plateau |
| topic | plateau cold area traditional house courtyard thermal environment related analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/1/49 |
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