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Energy consumption, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality in mosques: Impact of Covid-19 measures.

Authors :
Yüksel A
Arıcı M
Krajčík M
Civan M
Karabay H
Source :
Journal of cleaner production [J Clean Prod] 2022 Jun 20; Vol. 354, pp. 131726. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 13.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Restrictions have been imposed on the number of people, the duration of their stay and air conditioning operation in temples to limit the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This work studied how restrictions affected energy consumption, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality (IAQ) in mosques. Energy consumption data on lighting, heating and cooling before and during the pandemic were analyzed in six mosques of various sizes located in Yalova city, Turkey. The annual energy consumption for lighting was reduced during the pandemic in all mosques due to less usage, while the annual heating and cooling costs were raised in one mosque despite their restricted use. Besides, experiments were conducted to assess the effect of pandemic measures on thermal comfort and IAQ by measuring indoor temperature, relative humidity, air velocity, CO <subscript>2</subscript> and PM concentrations in a typical mosque. Keeping the windows open and limiting occupancy improved the IAQ. This was evidenced by the lower average CO <subscript>2</subscript> concentration during the pandemic (428 ± 40 ppm) than before the pandemic (661 ± 201 ppm). An acceptable thermal environment was achieved under pandemic measures at night during the summer period. Creating excellent conditions can be difficult without air conditioning even with open windows and prayers performed at night.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (© 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0959-6526
Volume :
354
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of cleaner production
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
35431468
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131726