TREE AS PASSIVE COOLING, AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO ENHANCE THE THERMAL COMFORT IN BUILDING IN SOUTHEAST SULAWESI, A TROPICAL REGION
Abstract: Reducing the role of
the conventional cooling machines into the building to make the thermal comfort
is so imperative as their massive energy consumption and their contribution to
the global climate change. Shifting into less energy consumed cooling methods
using the locally available vegetative sources as passive cooling, can be one
of theappropriate methods. The aim of this study is to investigate the
influence of trees to the thermal comfort performance in a building in
Southeast Sulawesi, a region, geographically, located in the equator line with
its high daily solar radiation intensity. It conducts an experiment on a small
scale building with various tree configurations. The result shows that the trees
provide the effect of lowering temperature and maintaining the relative
humidity of air, contributing into makingthe thermal comfort-ability in the
building. A comprehensive discussion, using the Psychometric chart, regarding
to the reason for the phenomenon is also presented in this paper.
Penulis: Aditya Rachman
Kode Jurnal: jptmesindd140620
