Diurnal temperature variation in an idealized room for different wall materials using a thermal load model in the Philippine setting

Abstract

A simple thermal model is used to simulate the heat load received by an idealized room incorporating climatological factors and daily weather patterns in the Philippine setting. The model provides diurnal temperature variation of the idealized room with varying wall materials situated in Quezon City during the cool-dry and hot-dry seasons in the country. The model was used to calculate the heat load to keep the temperature of the room less than 25 °C. Rooms with walls made of bamboo and oak were demonstrated to perform better than those which are made of concrete, bricks and sandstone. The room with oak walls were shown to provide up to 3 × savings in terms of computed daily energy consumption during the hot-dry season. This study can help us provide design and structural considerations in relation to energy utilization and possibly conservation.