TY - JOUR
TI - Influence of building orientation on internal temperature in saharan climates, building located in Ghardaïa region (Algeria)
AU - Bekkouche Sidi Mohammed El Amine
AU - Benouaz Tayeb
AU - Cherier Mohamed Kamel
AU - Hamdani Maamar
AU - Yaiche Rédha Mohamed
AU - Khanniche Rachid
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2013
VL - 17
IS - 2
SP - 349
EP - 364
PT - Article
AB - In desert regions, the orientation of buildings has an important influence in  the inside air temperature. In the present work, we carry out a study on the  influence of the buildings orientation as well as the thermal insulation on  the internal temperature. To do so, we have considered the case where only  the exposed walls are isolated. The main objective of the current work is to  determine the temperatures of the building in question with and without  thermal insulation. This study aims at assessing also the geographic  parameter enhancing or damping the role of thermal inertia, providing a  variety of results. As result, this work proves that stones play a  contradictory role on thermal comfort. We have verified that thermal  insulation is specified to reduce heat transfer through the building.  Concerning the orientation, results indicates that the variation in  orientation does not influence significantly the internal air temperature of  a well thermally insulated building. Moreover, in hot period, whatever  orientation considered, the phenomenon of overheating presents a serious  problem to minimize consumption of energy and control of indoor temperature  in case of building without insulation. The numerical data was compared to  the experimental measurements in order to validate the mathematical model. In  conclusion, to achieve a better thermal comfort arid and semi arid regions,  the habitation will have to be situated in south flan of a hill to satisfy  the two strategies (hot and cold).