Field Measurements of Lab-scale Bio Climatic House

This paper aims to present the field measurement of a lab-scale bio-climatic house. The bio-climatic house with volume of 25 m3 was designed for maximizing natural ventilation, heat gain reduction, and daylighting. It was installed at the top of the School of Energy Environment and Materials building. It was tested in order to investigate the thermal performance. It consists of two configurations of solar chimney(SC) namely, roof solar collector (RSC) which composed of CPAC monier roof tiles on the topper part, 14 cm of air gap in the middle and gypsum board at the lower part, and the modified Trombe wall (MTW)which composed of a masonry wall at external layer, 14 cm of air gap in the middle and gypsum board at the interior layer. The roof tile is designed using partly transparent tiles for vertical daylight exploitation. The filed measurements were carried out on October 2012 to February 2013. The results of filed measurements lead to understand the behaviour of air flow and circulation inside the bio- climate house and to ensure that the bio-climate house design and construction can approach to comfort zone for resident and can save energy from using air conditioning and lighting system.