Author:Kumirai, TDate:Mar 2013This chapter assesses the impact of appropriate passive interventions on building thermal loads. The passive interventions investigated are ceiling insulation, wall insulation, attic ventilation, natural ventilation and roof absorptance and ...Read more
Author:Kumirai, T; Grobler, Jan-Hendrik; Conradie, Dirk CUDate:Aug 2015Trombe walls and solar chimneys are not widely used or well known in South Africa. A previous Green Building Handbook article described the University of Fort Hare teaching complex in East London (Stratford, 2012) that inter alia used a trombe ...Read more
Author:Kumirai, T; Conradie, Dirk CUDate:Feb 2012This chapter aims to evaluate the impact of thermal mass and high insulation (Rvalue) building envelope on energy consumption (space heating and space cooling) in six South African major cities using a building thermal simulation programme ...Read more
