• VAISHALI
• NIHARIKA
• UDITA DEVRANI

Climate change is expected to have an impact on many aspects of building performance. The modern day practice does not give due respect to passive and natural environment control measures in buildings. With modern materials and technology, the buildings of present architectural style results in high energy consumption, in an attempt to provide thermal comfort indoors. The vernacular architecture at any place on the other hand has evolved through ages by consistent and continuous effort for more efficient and perfect solutions. This paper have a qualitative analysis of the passive environment control system of vernacular architecture of Kerala that is known for ages for its use of natural and passive methods for a comfortable indoor environment. The orientation of building, internal arrangement of spaces, the presence of internal courtyard, use of locally available materials and special methods of construction, etc. have together created the indoor environment. A quantitative analysis was also carried out based on field experiments by recording thermal comfort parameters in a selected building. The study has provided positive results that the passive environment control system employed in Kerala vernacular architecture is highly effective in providing thermal comfort indoors in all seasons.

Vernacular architecture; Traditional Buildings; Design strategies; Comfortable Indoor Environment; Sustainability ; Laurie Baker

"Performance of Building by Laurie Baker", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.178-185, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807274.pdf

"Performance of Building by Laurie Baker", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp178-185, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807274.pdf