INTEGRATING PASSIVE ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES IN THE DESIGN OF FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY GUSAU
INTEGRATING PASSIVE ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES IN THE DESIGN OF FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY GUSAU
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2017-02
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ABDULLAHI, ABDULLAHI
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Abstract
The hot-dry climate poses environmental challenges of high temperature and this extreme
temperature has to be catered for at the design stage to avoid absolute dependence on active
energy systems for indoor comfort. In Nigeria, where power supply is epileptic and erratic,
most educational buildings depend on energy excessively to attain indoor comfort.
Furthermore recent statistics show that buildings consume over 40% of non-renewable
energy worldwide, which does not demonstrate well for sustainable development.
Therefore the aim of this research is to investigate the potentials of integrating passive
architecture principles and renewable energy sources in the design of educational buildings
in hot dry climate in order to achieve self-sustaining educational buildings which will
facilitate learning and overcome the state of discomfort with minimum energy utilization.
A case study approach using a checklist is employed for the research within which three
cases were purposely selected. The case study findings were then assessed based on the
research variables and discussed by comparison with the secondary sources, so that
conclusions were finally drawn. The result of the research shows that adopting certain
passive design strategies through appropriate selection of building materials, proper
building orientation, adequate natural ventilation, evaporative cooling, building form and
application of some renewable energy sources can provide natural cooling and reduce the
energy used for cooling in educational buildings. The research concludes that this will limit
the energy demand for cooling and will also result in an adapted architecture to the climatic
environment.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE,
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
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INTEGRATING PASSIVE ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES,, DESIGN,, FACULTY,, AGRICULTURE,, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY GUSAU