ANALYSIS OF BUILDING FORM, PASSIVE HEATING AND HYPOCAUST CONCEPT FOR BUILDING DESIGN
by
SHAIL GOEL
Centre for Energy Studies
submitted
in fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
to the
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DELHI
HAUZ KHAS, NEW DELHI
MAY 1997
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the thesis entitled ANALYSIS OF BUILDING FORM, PASSIVE HEATING AND HYPOCAUST CONCEPT FOR BUILDING DESIGN, being submitted by Ms. Shail Goel, to the Indian Institute of Technology is worthy of consideration for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and is a record of bonafide research work carried out by her under my guidance and supervision. The research material contained in this thesis has not been submitted in part or full to any other University or Institute for the award of any degree or diploma.
' \A>kik- Dr. N.K. Bansa(
Professor
Centre for Energy Studies Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi 110 016
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the work presented in the thesis entitled ANALYSIS OF BUILDING FORM, PASSIVE HEATING AND HYPOCAUST CONCEPT FOR BUILDING DESIGN being submitted to the Indian Institute of Technology in fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy is an authentic record of the research work carried out by me during the period from January 1993 to May 1997 under the supervision of Prof. N.K. Bansal, Centre for Energy Studies, I.I.T. Delhi. The matter embodied in this thesis has not been submitted by me to any other University or Institute for the award of any other degree or diploma.
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Ms. Shail Goel
Centre for Energy Studies Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi 110 016
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I express heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor, Prof. N.K. Bansal, for inspiring me to achieve higher heights, guiding me at every stage of the work to whom goes the major credit for the successful completion of this thesis.
I thank the Director, I.I.T. Delhi and Head, Centre for Energy Studies for extending all the support and providing facilities crucial to complete this venture.
The help extended by Dr. S.N. Garg in the form of valuable and crucial suggestions has gone a long way in materialising this work in its present form. So many others helped in so many ways, I can do little more than list them by way of saying thank you : Dr. M.S. Bhandari, Mr. Saurabh Yadav, Mr. Vishal Garg, Ms. Sandhya Goyal, Dr. R.C. Gaur, Dr. Rajesh Mathur, Ms. Caroline Lobo.
I thank Mr. Lokesh Kumar, Mr. Baljeet Singh, Mr. Rajesh Dewan and Mr. Anand Singh for extending their help patiently and efficiently. Special thanks are due to Mr.Sanjay Sharma for extending his timely and invaluable help in shaping the thesis in its final form.
I stand in reverence to thank a person who has added strength to my beliefs and has enriched life by making every passing moment lively, my better half, Mr. Avinash Goel.
Every iota that has gone into the making of a person that I am, I owe it all to my parents and sister. I can never thank them enough.
Shall Goel