JAMES, MBUOTIDEM ETOP and Covenant University, Theses (2021) APPLICATION OF PASSIVE COOLING PRINCIPLES IN THE DESIGN OF A FIVE-STAR HOTEL, UYO. Masters thesis, COVENANT UNIVERSITY.
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The required cost for cooling hotel occupants has been on a steady increase, which has been a major issue for those that venture into the hotel industry. In relation to this, the world faces the problem of energy crisis. Nigeria, not being an exception faces the same problem as its generating capacity is below 5000 megawatts. The passive ventilation systems could reduce the power consumption in a building by using a non-energy solution to reduce the peak cooling loads. The objective of this paper is to investigate the extent to which Passive Cooling Principles were applied in hotel buildings in Nigeria, and the impact of these principles on the selected hotels; in order to promote Energy Efficiency and Conservation. The study is limited to selected five-star hotels in Nigeria; and they were studied in-depth to determine their compliance levels to passive cooling principles. Non participant observation was carried out to obtain are objective data. As Lagos State houses a larger number of the five-star hotels in the study population, two of the selected case studies were from this location; and the last was from Abuja, which represented the North and Central Region of the country. The sampling technique used for this research is purposive sampling. The Five-Star hotels were selected based on their star rating according to set standards that have been identified in Literature; and they include prominent hotels in both Lagos and Abuja. Insulating Materials, Sustainable materials, building orientation and Building form are identified as the predominant passive cooling principles applied by Architects in Nigeria. This information provides a benchmark for future researches and designers that intend to implement or study Passive Cooling Principles; and will play a vital role in the incorporation of these principles in the five-star hotel design carried out along-side this research. The extent to which Passive Cooling Principles are applied in hotel buildings in Nigeria is attained at an application rate of 64%, which also creates a basis for determining the minimum application rate targeted for the five-star hotel design carried out alongside this research; which is 75%.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Hotel, Passive Cooling, Energy Conservation, Tourism. |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NA Architecture |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Hannah Akinwumi |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2022 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 09:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/15628 |
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