Energy-saving design: investigation of the thermal performance of rammed earth residential buildings

居住在澳大利亚偏远社区的居民是能源密集型的。在炎热地区尤其如此，由于空调机组在一年中的大部分时间里每天24小时运行，房屋运行成本很高。在干旱气候地区的夯土房屋在夏季不需要任何空调。该项目旨在使用一种新型传感器网络来研究两座被占用房屋的最佳热性能。它旨在提供夯土建筑热性能的新证据，为能源效率决策框架提供信息，并提高炎热地区土著社区的福祉。

Housing people in Australian remote communities is energy intensive. This is particularly true in hot regions, where the house running costs are significant due to air-conditioning units functioning 24 hours a day, for most of the year. Rammed earth houses in dry-arid climate zones should not require any air-conditioning in summer. This project aims to investigate the optimal thermal performance of two occupied houses using a novel sensor network. It aims to deliver new evidence on the thermal performance of rammed earth buildings to inform energy-efficiency decision frameworks and enhance the wellbeing of Indigenous communities in hot regions.