Thermal comfort characteristics of some selected building materials in the regional setting of Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Abstract: In Ile-Ife, it is very common to see quite a lot of local people engaging in mud bricks moulding, concrete block making, mud house construction and the bricklaying profession in general. These have particular bearing on the economy and the political situation of the people involved as in the profession there is set of rules and regulations guiding the rate and procedure for carrying out any such moulding or construction work. Considering the importance of this, the present study investigated the thermal performance of some selected building materials in the ancient city of Ile-Ife in Nigeria. The work demonstrated how a building envelope responds to outdoor conditions through graphic illustrations. This was followed by constructing three physical building models, with model 1 constructed of mud bricks, model 2 constructed of concrete blocks and model 3 constructed of cast concrete. Each of the models was first roofed with galvanised Iron roofing sheets, later with aluminium roofing.... https://journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/JNRD/article/view/716

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Thermal comfort characteristics of some selected building materials in the regional setting of Ile-Ife, Nigeria ; volume:5 ; year:2015 ; Journal of natural resources and development ; 5 (2015)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Fasogbon, S. K. ; Wahaab, A. B. ; Oyewola, M. O.

Further information

• DOI: 10.5027/jnrd.v5i0.07
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022053112022132779457
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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