Recovery of ancient bioclimatic strategies for energy retrofit in historical buildings: the case of the Infants’ Tower in the Alhambra

Among Mediterranean historical buildings, the Andalusí architecture is the result of an intuitive and experimental process of adaptation to the surrounding environment. The medieval Muslims coped with difficult climatic conditions in al-Andalus through passive cooling strategies, paying attention al...

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Published in:Energy procedia 2017-10, Vol.133, p.300-311
Main Authors: Di Turi, Silvia, García-Pulido, Luis José, Ruggiero, Francesco, Stefanizzi, Pietro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Andalusí architecture
cultural heritage
mashrabiyas
natural ventilation
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Summary:Among Mediterranean historical buildings, the Andalusí architecture is the result of an intuitive and experimental process of adaptation to the surrounding environment. The medieval Muslims coped with difficult climatic conditions in al-Andalus through passive cooling strategies, paying attention also to the thermal comfort. The paper focuses, in particular, on natural ventilation in the Infants’ Tower in the Alhambra of Granada. It has eight mashrabiyas at the top whose performance is investigated through a CFD model, in order to understand their contribution to the improvement of indoor thermal comfort and rational energy use during summer.
ISSN:1876-6102
1876-6102
DOI:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.391