Abstract
Window condition is one of the major factors of ventilation in office buildings. The study aimed at evaluating the natural ventilation in Senate buildings of selected Universities in South-West Nigeria. The study employed the use of questionnaires survey to solicit information on subjective feelings of the occupants on the effects of thermal opening and thermal comfort in Senate buildings offices. Direct observation was carried out to obtain information on the physical characteristics of the selected buildings. Limited research has been recorded on the study of occupants’ feelings in buildings in relation to openings in buildings. Based on the survey results, it was found that 34.0% of the windows were casement type, 30.0 % were projected 25.5% were sliding; while 9.5% were the louvred type. The study showed that 73.8% of the respondents preferred the casement window type because of its easiness in operation to other window types and improved thermal comfort on occupants. The study concluded that with adequate sizes, casement window type is the best in ameliorating the effect of thermal discomfort in Senate Buildings.
Highlights
Senate Building is categorized as an Administrative building and administration are connected with organizing the work of business of an establishment
From the result in table 4 above, it can be deduced that casement window type was most preferred with 50.82% followed by Sliding window with 25.0% while projected window has 24.17%
From the result in table 5 above, it is revealed that casement window type was most preferred with 75.82% followed by Sliding window with 25.0% while projected window has 24.17%
Summary
Senate Building is categorized as an Administrative building and administration are connected with organizing the work of business of an establishment. The use of active energy system has been established by scholars like Bluyssen, 1996; Iannone, 1999, Adebamowo, 2004; Adunola, 2006; Ayinla, 2011; Ayinla, 2013 to be expensive and not Sustainable especially in developing Country in a warm humid climate like Nigeria. Effective Ventilation comfort in indoor space of warm humid climate, window conditions have been established to be a major factor; scholars like Bluyssen, 1996; Iannone, 1999, Adebamowo, 2004; Adunola, 2006; Ayinla, 2011; Ayinla, 2013 have recommended the use of casement windows especially in residential building to provide adequate and effective ventilation comfort. This Study looks at the subjective feelings of the occupants of the Senate Buildings in selected Universities in order ameliorate the effect of thermal discomfort for the occupants
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