Passive solar energy-efficient building design in Kenya
Abstract
This work aims at providing thermal comfort specifications for
buildings Kenya without the use of expensive active
conditioning devices. It utilizes a computer proqram , ARCHIPAK,
together with the climatic data for nine stations representing
Kenya fairly well climatically by virtue of their geographical
locations.An initial climate analysis on the climatic data has been done to
arrive at generalized advice for the climatic design of houses,
based on the 'Mahoney Tables' method. Comparison of the computer
-aided analytical data (CAAD) on the basis of the Mahoney tables
shows that this analysis yields excellent comfort zones for the
warmer climates in the country. However, with minor adjustment of
the Mahoney's tables indicators, it was possible to predict
design guidelines for the entire country fairly well
Citation
Masters of science in physicsSponsorhip
University of NairobiPublisher
Department of Physics - University of Nairobi.