The Impact of Internal Courtyard Configuration on Thermal Performance of Long Strip Houses

A courtyard is an essential space for natural lighting and convective ventilation of residential buildings in hot-humid climates. This study focuses on the internal configuration thermal performance long strip houses (LSH) hot-climate area Hainan Island, China. The aim to identify best design parameters improve comfort modern LSH design. Appropriate strategies, including Mahoney table, field investigation, CFD simulation, are used determine performance. As a result, guidelines proposed optimize towards energy saving. reveals spatial characteristics climate regulation courtyards traditional LSH. In addition, simulation results show that enclosure with shaded cover high ratio H/D conducive environment ventilation, section contracted shape from bottom top preferred option configuration. should, therefore, be value designing practical projects interior architects.