Effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in Bangladesh
This paper presents two workable solutions that can significantly improve the indoor thermal environment within workspaces in existing ready-made garment (RMG) factories in the tropical climatic context of Bangladesh. The research involved field studies in three multi-storey factory buildings, inter...
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| author | Hossain, Md Mohataz Lau, Benson Wilson, Robin Ford, Brian |
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| description | This paper presents two workable solutions that can significantly improve the indoor thermal environment within workspaces in existing ready-made garment (RMG) factories in the tropical climatic context of Bangladesh. The research involved field studies in three multi-storey factory buildings, interviews with workers and owners and simulation studies. Field data indicated that the existing window configurations and limiting the ventilation strategy to occupied hours caused overheating of the indoor environment. Among a list of proposals, the building owners saw value in implementing two solutions (i.e. altering existing window type to one with a higher effective opening area and adopting a night-time ventilation strategy) in their existing buildings as well as proposed new buildings. To quantify the benefits, a validated simulation study was conducted. The findings confirm that these two interventions can provide reductions of up to 23% in overheated working hours and in so doing, improve workers’ thermal comfort and well-being. |
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| spelling | nottingham-437372020-05-04T18:50:43Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43737/ Effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in Bangladesh Hossain, Md Mohataz Lau, Benson Wilson, Robin Ford, Brian This paper presents two workable solutions that can significantly improve the indoor thermal environment within workspaces in existing ready-made garment (RMG) factories in the tropical climatic context of Bangladesh. The research involved field studies in three multi-storey factory buildings, interviews with workers and owners and simulation studies. Field data indicated that the existing window configurations and limiting the ventilation strategy to occupied hours caused overheating of the indoor environment. Among a list of proposals, the building owners saw value in implementing two solutions (i.e. altering existing window type to one with a higher effective opening area and adopting a night-time ventilation strategy) in their existing buildings as well as proposed new buildings. To quantify the benefits, a validated simulation study was conducted. The findings confirm that these two interventions can provide reductions of up to 23% in overheated working hours and in so doing, improve workers’ thermal comfort and well-being. 2017-06-19 Article PeerReviewed Hossain, Md Mohataz, Lau, Benson, Wilson, Robin and Ford, Brian (2017) Effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in Bangladesh. Architectural Science Review, 60 (4). pp. 299-315. ISSN 0003-8628 Effective opening of window night-time ventilation indoor thermal environment workable solutions ready-made garment factories https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00038628.2017.1337557 doi:10.1080/00038628.2017.1337557 doi:10.1080/00038628.2017.1337557 |
| spellingShingle | Effective opening of window night-time ventilation indoor thermal environment workable solutions ready-made garment factories Hossain, Md Mohataz Lau, Benson Wilson, Robin Ford, Brian Effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in Bangladesh |
| title | Effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in Bangladesh |
| title_full | Effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in Bangladesh |
| title_short | Effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | effect of changing window type and ventilation strategy on indoor thermal environment of existing garment factories in bangladesh |
| topic | Effective opening of window night-time ventilation indoor thermal environment workable solutions ready-made garment factories |
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