Expatriate behaviour in hot arid countries: Understanding conditioned environments to assess resilience

Sayam, Monaya, Bleil De Souza, Clarice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7823-1202 and Ampatzi, Eleni 2024. Expatriate behaviour in hot arid countries: Understanding conditioned environments to assess resilience. Presented at: PLEA 2024: 37th Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 25-28 June 2024.

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Abstract

This paper aims to provide insights into thermal comfort perception of expatriate households living under very hot climatic conditions. It explores perceptions of indoor thermal sensation, thermal preference, and decisions of self-declared Air Conditioning (AC) setpoint temperatures of 372 expatriate households in typical apartments and villas in the Al Ain city (United Arab Emirates), using a questionnaire survey. Results show that expatriates do not appear resilient to very hot climates in summer, as most of them seem to feel satisfied with narrow setpoint ranges, while stating setpoints above 25°C are not tolerable. Further studies are needed to properly assert adaptive comfort indoor temperatures and investigate expatriates’ tolerances to extreme heat to assess hybrid and passive design strategies.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Architecture
Related URLs:	https://plea2024.pl/
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	19 April 2024
Date of Acceptance:	1 April 2024
Last Modified:	08 Nov 2024 16:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/168178

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