Percentage of reducing heat of coco fiber material as a potential isolation of building walls

Abstract

This paper was purposed to determine the percentage of coco fibers ability in reducing heat as a potential for insulation building walls with different coco fiber thickness. For the fulfillment of thermal comfort in buildings requires engineering, knowledge and skills and innovation. One way to reduce hot air in the room can be done through walls, thereby reducing the use of air conditioning. The walls need protection and solar heat absorbers which can make the room inside the building have thermal comfort. Based on this, research needs to be done on natural ingredients that can function to reduce heat. Tests carried out on coconut fiber and fiber-free materials. Material without fiber and coco fiber thickness are 1 centimeter, 2 centimeter and 3 centimeter. This coco fiber material is coated with a mixture of cement which also functions as a fiber adhesive. In this case testing by applying heat of 35 Celsius degree to one side of the fiber and measuring the temperature that occurs on the other side of the fiber. The test results found that there was a significant difference between the heat temperature supplied and the heat temperature measured on coco fiber. The thicker the coco fiber material, the greater the percentage of heat that can be reduced. This shows that the coco fiber material has the potential to reduce heat as a wall covering against solar radiation.