Comparative Study of the Thermal Performance of Old and New Buildings in Ghardaia

There has been a rise in the number of initiatives undertaken by individuals and organisations to rethink the process of building design, construction, and administration in order to reduce their negative impact on the environment. Specifically, it would be helpful to learn more about how a house's thermal performance affects people's needs for thermal comfort inside the dwelling, since this would shed light on the importance of enhancing residential building design. The thesis's primary focus is on traditional homes in Ghardaia southern of Algeria. Two residences pairs were located in the Ghardaia neighbourhoods of Beni Isguen and Tafilelt. They're rated and compared in accordance with criteria including ideal climate, desired home design, and appropriate build-ing materials. With this research, the aim was to better understand how traditional and modern settlements in Ghardaia responded to residents' climatic, cultural, and architectural preferences. A low-energy building that is suitable for modern people is therefore specified by research into the social and cultural factors that go into the making of vernacular dwellings. In this research, evaluation was carried out by the use of observation, field survey, and computer simulation. By studying how well local homes are insulated, we can learn how to improve the thermal perfor-mance of new houses. Both communities in Algeria's hot and dry interior relied heavily on pas-sive heating and cooling techniques. A field investigation was conducted to evaluate the thermal comfort of both historic and modern Ghardaia homes.

Both case studies in the hot and arid regions of Algeria emphasised the use of passive heating and cooling systems during the monitoring and evaluation. The thermal comfort of traditional and modern Ghardaia homes was evaluated by a field survey based on observations of occupants. First, the thermal performance of old and modern Ghardaia structures was calculated and com-pared. Second, recognising and learning from the differences in the performance characteristics of new houses contributes to the creation of innovative and superior urban dwelling designs. The findings of the computer simulations of the interventions suggested that traditional and new homes might increase the future potential for low-energy housing in southern Algeria by increasing the thermal efficiency of the existing dwellings in both settlements. The outcomes of the investigation of two villages illustrate that a suitable indoor atmosphere may be created using locally accessible building materials and conventional environmental practices. This study partially fills a gap in the research on thermal comfort standards for Algeria and demonstrates the potential to minimise energy use in contemporary structures in hot, dry settings. The study also gives simulation-based suggestions for how buildings should be built in Algeria's hot, dry climate.