Abstract
The requirementfor residential and the potential for buildingdensity in an environment willaffect the physiological and thermal comfort of building occupants. The uncomfortable thermal conditions in the building are complained by building occupants due to the inappropriate selection of roof materials, thus making the building unable to achieve the expected thermal conditions. Selection of appropriate roof material will help in the process of air conditioning and decrese energy consumption for cooling space. Our study objects are single-storey house in the Perum Sendang Mulyo, Semarang City that represent high density settlement. Data measurement collected from roof spaces in saddle roof. The roof materials are tile roof, asbestos and zinc. The expectations of this research are to know thermal condition of roof space that generated from various type of roof material. Keywords: Roof Material, Roof Space, High Density Settlement
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