Assessment of monitored energy use and thermal comfort conditions in mosques in hot-humid climates

Mohammad S. Al-Homoud; Adel A. Abdou; Ismail M. Budaiwi

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.12.005

Assessment of monitored energy use and thermal comfort conditions in mosques in hot-humid climates

Mohammad S. Al-Homoud^*
, Adel A. Abdou
, Ismail M. Budaiwi

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In harsh climatic regions, buildings require air-conditioning in order to provide an acceptable level of thermal comfort. In many situations buildings are over cooled or the HVAC system is kept running for a much longer time than needed. In some other situations thermal comfort is not achieved due to improper operation practices coupled with poor maintenance and even lack it, and consequently inefficient air-conditioning systems. Mosques represent one type of building that is characterized by their unique intermittent operating schedule determined by prayer times, which vary continuously according to the local solar time. This paper presents the results of a study designed to monitor energy use and thermal comfort conditions of a number of mosques in a hot-humid climate so that both energy efficiency and the quality of thermal comfort conditions especially during occupancy periods in such intermittently operated buildings can be assessed accurately.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	607-614
Number of pages	8
Journal	Energy and Buildings
Volume	41
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.12.005
State	Published - Jun 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This paper is part of project grant no. AT-13-18 funded by King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia. The financial support of KACST as well as the support facilities provided by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) is highly appreciated.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Energy use
Hot-humid climate
Intermittent operation
Mosques
Saudi Arabia
Thermal comfort

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering
Building and Construction
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Assessment of monitored energy use and thermal comfort conditions in mosques in hot-humid climates

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