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Research activities in the field of air-conditioning construction design and energy control in open country. Ivory Coast: obstacles, results, proposals.

Activités de recherche en conception climatique de la construction et maîtrise de l'énergie dans les pays du champ : cas de Côte d'Ivoire, obstacles, résultats, propositions.

Author(s) : MOURTADA A.

Summary

Following a description of the difficulties and some proposals, the author decribes four projects: a pilot project dealing with energy control in administrative buildings was carried out with the modification of a computer-assisted maintenance system to the specifications of the Ivory Coast (the technical level of operating personnel and characteristics of the equipment); an "Ivory Code of energy quality for buildings" was prepared with four guide projects (external covering guide, lighting guide, electricity guide, and guide to thermal quality code for non-air conditioned dwellings); a thermal comfort study for tropical climates was carried out using 1384 office employees and secondary school students. The results show that Ivory Coast residents accepted interior ambiant temperature conditions of 4 to 5 deg C hotter than those laid out by international norms. These results could be useful in the design and layout of offices destined for use in tropical climates without air conditioners.

Details

  • Original title: Activités de recherche en conception climatique de la construction et maîtrise de l'énergie dans les pays du champ : cas de Côte d'Ivoire, obstacles, résultats, propositions.
  • Record ID : 1996-0581
  • Languages: French
  • Subject: Environment
  • Publication date: 1994/12/15
  • Source: Source: Semin. Programme ECOTECH, CNRS
    14 p.; 52 ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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