TY - BOOK AU - Agarwal, Aditi AU - Desai, Jigna (Guide) TI - Thermal evaluation of walls, roofs and sun-shades in the temperate climate zone a case of Pune, Maharashtra (Also available on CD) U1 - SA TH-0001 PY - 2013/// N1 - ABSTRACT III PREFACE V ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VII CONTENTS IX LIST OF TABLES 1 LIST OF FIGURES XV CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. RESEARCH AIM and OBJECTIVES 4 1.1.1. Aim 4 1.1.2. Objectives 4 1.1.3. Scope 4 1.1.4. Limitations 5 1.1.5. Methodology Framework 5 CHAPTER 2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 7 2.1. THERMAL ANALYSIS 7 2.2. COMPONENT INTRODUCTION 8 2.2.1. Walls 11 2.2.2. Roofs 13 2.2.3. Sun shading 14 2.3. CLIMATIC ZONES 17 2.3.1. Temperate: Pune, Maharashtra 19 2.4. COMPONENT INVENTORY 21 2.4.1. Walls 23 2.4.2. Roofs 27 2.4.3. Sunshades 29 CHAPTER 3. METHOD 31 3.1. SOFTWARE 31 3.1.1. Autodesk Ecotect Analysis 2010 31 3.1.2. ecoMat v1.0 32 3.1.3. EnergyPlus v7.2.0 32 3.2. SIMULATION 33 3.2.1. Base Model Selection 33 3.2.2. Simulation Procedure 36 x Aditi Agarwal CHAPTER 4. ANALYSIS 41 4.1. WALLS 42 4.1.1. PW0 - Fired clay brick with cement plaster 42 4.1.2. PW1 - Flyash blocks with cement plaster 43 4.1.3. PW2 - Flyash blocks with lime plaster 44 4.1.4. PW3 - Engineered bricks with Neeru plaster 45 4.1.5. PW4 - Hollow concrete blocks with cement plaster 46 4.1.6. PW5 - Hollow concrete blocks with lime plaster 47 4.1.7. PW6 - Brick cavity wall - ventilated cavity 48 4.1.8. PW7 - Brick cavity wall - insulated cavity 49 4.1.9. PW8 – Fired clay brick cavity wall with plywood boarding 50 4.1.10. PW9 – Fired clay brick with grit plaster 51 4.1.11. Identification of the three distinct cases- Best, Average and Worst 52 4.2. ROOFS 55 4.2.1. PR0- RCC slab with brickbat coba layer 55 4.2.2. PR1-RCC slab with polyurethene form insulation 56 4.2.3. PR2-RCC slab with thermocol insulation 57 4.2.4. PR3-RCC slab with brickbat coba and china mosaic 58 4.2.5. PR4-RCC slab with polyurethene form insulation and china mosaic 59 4.2.6. PR5-RCC slab with polyurethene form insulation , china mosaic and underdeck foam insulation 60 4.2.7. Identification of the three distinct cases- Best, Average and Worst 61 4.3. SUN SHADING 64 4.3.1. PS0-Base Case 600mm Horizontal Overhang 64 4.3.2. PS1-Overhang Depth from Bye-Laws 65 4.3.3. PS2-Vertical Fins 150mm deep 66 4.3.4. PS3-Vertical Fins 450mm deep 67 4.3.5. PS4-Vertical Fins 230mm deep 68 4.3.6. PS5-Boxed-type Outward 69 4.3.7. PS6-Boxed-type Outward 70 4.3.8. PS7-Louvres 100 mm deep 71 4.3.9. PS8-Louvres 150 mm deep 72 4.3.10. PS9-Louvres 220mm deep 73 4.3.11. Identification of the three distinct cases- Best, Average and Worst 74 CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSION 77 5.1. WALLS 77 5.2. ROOFS 79 5.3. SUN-SHADES 80 5.4. COMBINATION ANALYSIS 82 Aditi Agarwal xi REFERENCES 85 APPENDIX 1 - LIST OF RESOURCE PERSONS 89 APPENDIX 2 - COMPLETE INVENTORY 91 WALLS 91 ROOFS 94 SUN SHADES 96 APPENDIX 3 - MATERIAL PROPERTIES 97 APPENDIX 4 GLOSSARY AND ABBREVIATIONS 101 ER -