Temporary buildings are crucial for social development. A better understanding of the
thermal comfort in temporary buildings can yield strategies to improve the physical and …

The provision of housing for displaced victims is fundamental to their survival. Although
many studies have detailed reasonable techniques for improving the indoor thermal …

Research into dynamic moisture storage in hygroscopic building materials has renewed
interest in the moisture buffering capacity of building materials and shown the potential for …

Shape-stabilized phase change materials (ss-PCM) were prepared by impregnating capric
acid (CA) and palmitic acid (PA) eutectic mixtures into the pores of Expanded Perlite (EP) …

The population of people living in temporary settlements after disasters is in the millions and
the average stay in these settlements exceeds a decade. This paper reviews the literature …

The number of people displaced by natural and human made events reached 80 million in
2020 based on the latest report by UNHCR. Emergency housing is often initially in the form …

There are currently millions of displaced people encamped in low-quality shelters that
jeopardise the health of these displaced populations. These shelters, which exhibit poor …

This work has the purpose to analyze thermal performance of emergency shelters with the
aim to develop different solutions which can improve the internal environmental conditions …

Empirical studies have shown that internal temperatures in refugee shelters are impacting
morbidity, and possibly mortality. Within a displacement setting, solutions are often …

Temporary prefabricated houses (PHs) can be effective in providing disaster victims with a
temporary living place quickly whenever there is a natural disaster, and are also widely used …