Published Online:January 2026
Product Name:The IUP Journal of Structural Engineering
Product Type:Article
Product Code:IJSE050126
DOI:10.71329/IUPJSE/2026.19.1.63-79
Author Name:Geeta Girish Nagarkar and Parag Govardhan Narkhede
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Subject/Domain:Engineering
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Pages:63-79
This paper investigates the thermal comfort of a building with ferrocement insulated sandwiched panels. A quantitative method is used to measure the thermal transmittance or U-value along with other environmental parameters like air temperature, humidity, etc. Extech-RHT20 humidity and temperature USB datalogger is used to measure temperature and relative humidity. These field values are evaluated for thermal comfort with ASHRAE 55 adaptive thermal comfort model. U-value field measurements are compared with green rated buildings in India like IGBC, GRIHA ECBC (Eco-Niwas) for prescribed limit for climate of Pune, i.e., warm and humid. Field measurements reveal average U-value of 0.124324 W/m².K for the ferrocement sandwiched wall, which is much lesser compared to the prescribed Uvalue 0.44 W/m².K in green rated buildings. The thermal images and field measurement reveal that operative temperature ~27 °C is within ASHRAE adaptive comfort limits for Pune monsoon.
One of the major issues in construction is the achievement of thermal comfort in buildings and design of buildings.