A Study Of The Energy Saving Performance Of Building Envelope Of Typical Traditional Residential In Shanxi

Traditional residential were built by taking full advantages of local topography and construction materials. They adhere to the local customs and shelter the local people from climate changes all year long. With increasing productivity and technology improvements, traditional residential were gradually replaced by conc-brick residential with new building materials and new construction methods. In order to preserve the heritage of traditional residential and leave research data for future generations, many researches have been done, especially in a qualitative angel, to study the humanistic values, spatial form and ecological characteristics of those buildings.This thesis conducted a quantitative analysis in a less-researched area, the thermal performances of building envelope of traditional residential. Several traditional residential in Shanxi are studied with the following methodology:1. The traditional residential area in Shanxi province was divided based on historical geography, agricultural zoning and language system. Forms of traditional residential in every region were summarized. 2. The forms of typical traditional residential in every region have been classified and categorized based on their building materials and methods of construction.3. The thermal performances of the building materials and heat transfer property of the building envelope were calculated based on the collected information and the simplified residential models. The thermal performances of traditional residential envelope were compared in both a horizontal way and a vertical way.4. Energy-saving recommendations for traditional residential and new residential were provided based on the research results.