[Bldg-sim] insulation hot humid climates

[Dr. Pablo La Roche]

Aushim,

Attached is a link to a paper that I wrote with Baruch Givoni for PLEA in 2002. It explains how you can use a metal roof for cooling by adding an operable radiant barrier underneath. The aluminum foil opens to cool the space by radiation during the night and closes to provide a radiant barrier during the day. Results were good and the system was tested with different levesl of insulation in the walls. 

http://www.csupomona.edu/~pmlaroche/rdocs/PLEA_LaRoche_Givoni1.pdf

Hope it helps and let me know if you want to know more about the system.

Pablo

Pablo La Roche Ph.D. LEED-AP
Associate Professor 
Department of Architecture
Cal Poly Pomona
3801 West Temple Avenue,
Pomona CA 91768
Tel: (909) 869 2700
Fax: (909) 869 4331
pmlaroche at csupomona.edu



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Sent: Mon 2/22/2010 2:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] insulation hot humid climates
 
Aushim,
 
I would direct you to this website: http://www.hothumidsymposium.org/
 
Per my knowledge, you can access a lot of the past symposium proceedings
by visiting the following Texas A&M ESL web-link:
http://esl.tamu.edu/pub/HH%20Catalog2.pdf
 
Maybe you will come across something that helps with your specific
project,
Best of luck!
 

 
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Dear all,
 
for a student project, we are studying the options for improving the
thermal comfort in a hospital located in Bangladesh. The aim is to use
as much cheap and local materials as possible.  
They currently use simple metal non-insulated constructions. We will go
there and build a extension to an existing hospital. The idea is to use
bricks for the walls, wooden doors and single glazing. However the roof
remains in metal. We have a small budget for improving the indoor
climate, however have no experience in insulation in these climates.
 
We would appreciate anyones help; references to reports, publications or
some usefull advice.
 
Kind regards,
 
Aushim