Thermal performance of reused shipping containers as building components

Abstract

The era of disruption occurred influenced by innovations that emerged according to the needs and developments of the times. This occurs in various sectors, including the construction industry sector. One of the growing innovations in the construction industry sector is the reuse of shipping containers (SC) into buildings with various functions. The trend of reusing SC as buildings is quite significant. Several sectors have used a lot of SC as buildings, including: Offices, educational, commercial and residential. However, the reuse of SC as a building has several weaknesses, one of which is the thermal aspect. The structure of the container, which is generally composed of steel, should be considered in achieving indoor thermal comfort. The case study of the paper was SC buildings at Institut Teknologi Sains Bandung (ITSB). The aims of this study were to determine the contribution of design parameters of SC to indoor thermal comfort and its effect on energy efficiency. The method was model simulation on the thermal aspect using Sefaira software. The results showed that setting of design parameters considerably contributed to thermal comfort and energy efficiency.