Sustainable Houses and Living in the Hot-Humid Climates of Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

   PDF

2. Introduction

   • Tetsu Kubota

   Pages 1-10

3. Vernacular Architecture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

      PDF

   2. Indonesia: Dutch Colonial Buildings

      • Arif Sarwo Wibowo, Muhammad Nur Fajri Alfata, Tetsu Kubota

      Pages 13-23

   3. Malaysia: Malay House

      • Doris Hooi Chyee Toe

      Pages 25-35

   4. Malaysia: Longhouse of Sarawak

      • Soichi Hata, Mohammad Hussaini Wahab

      Pages 37-45

   5. India: Bio-climatism in Vernacular Architecture

      • Madhavi Indraganti

      Pages 47-58

   6. Nepal: Traditional Houses

      • Hom Bahadur Rijal

      Pages 59-66

   7. China: Houses for Ethnic Minorities in Yunnan Province

      • Toshiyuki Watanabe, Daisuke Sumiyoshi

      Pages 67-76

   8. Thailand: The Houses of a Khun Village in Chiang Mai

      • Ikuro Shimizu

      Pages 77-88

   9. Laos: Indigenous Houses of a Lue Village in Luang Prabang

      • Ikuro Shimizu

      Pages 89-99

4. Adaptive Thermal Comfort

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

      PDF

   2. Principles of Adaptive Thermal Comfort

      • Michael A. Humphreys, J. Fergus Nicol

      Pages 103-113

   3. Thermal Comfort in Indonesia

      • Tri Harso Karyono

      Pages 115-121

   4. Exergetic Aspect of Human Thermal Comfort and Adaptation

      • M. Shukuya

      Pages 123-129

   5. Thermal Sensation and Comfort in Hot and Humid Climate of Indonesia

      • Tomoko Uno, Daisuke Oka, Shuichi Hokoi, Sri Nastiti N. Ekasiwi, Noor Hanita Abdul Majid

      Pages 131-144

   6. Development of an Adaptive Thermal Comfort Equation for Naturally Ventilated Buildings in Hot and Humid Climates

      • Doris Hooi Chyee Toe

      Pages 145-154

   7. Comfort Temperature and Preferred Temperature in Taiwan

      • Ruey-Lung Hwang

      Pages 155-163

   8. Thermal Comfort in Indian Apartments

      • Madhavi Indraganti, Kavita Daryani Rao

      Pages 165-174

   9. Comfort Temperature and Adaptive Model in Traditional Houses of Nepal

      • Hom Bahadur Rijal

      Pages 175-184

This book provides information on the latest research findings that are useful in the context of designing sustainable houses and living in rapidly growing Asian cities. The book is composed of seven parts, comprising a total of 50 chapters written by 53 authors from various countries, mainly in the Asian region. Part I introduces vernacular houses in different Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Nepal, China, Thailand and Laos. Parts II and III then explore in depth indoor adaptive thermal comfort and occupants’ adaptive behavior, focusing especially on those in hot-humid climates. Part IV presents detailed survey results on household energy consumption in various tropical Asian cities, while Part V analyses the indoor thermal conditions in both traditional houses and modern houses in these countries. Several real-world sustainable housing practices in Asian cities are reviewed in the following part. The final part then discusses the vulnerability of expanding Asian cities to climate change and urban heat island.

Today, approximately 35-40% of global energy is consumed in Asia, and this percentage is expected to rise further. Energy consumption has increased, particularly in the residential sector, in line with the rapid rise of the middle class. The majority of growing Asian cities are located in hot and humid climate regions, and as such there is an urgent need for designers to provide healthy and comfortable indoor environments that do not consume non-renewable energy or resources excessively. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in sustainable house design in the growing cities of Asia.

• Developing countries
• Sustainability
• Tropics
• Energy-saving
• Thermal comfort
• Occupants’ behaviour
• Window opening
• Adaptive comfort
• Passive cooling
• Vernacular architecture
• Urban heat island
• Household energy consumption
• Climate change
• Green growth
• Southeast Asia
• South Asia
• Exergy
• Climate change management

• Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

  Tetsu Kubota

• Department of Restoration Ecology and Built Environment, Tokyo City University, Yokohama, Japan

  Hom Bahadur Rijal

• Department of Architecture, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

  Hiroto Takaguchi

Dr. Tetsu Kubota
Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

Prof. Dr. Hom B. Rijal
Tokyo City University, Yokohama, Japan

Prof. Dr. Hiroto Takaguchi
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Policies and ethics