A Study of Thermal Performance in University Campuses in Urban Context of Dhaka City

Abstract

Higher education in Bangladesh is growing. Around 3.2million students are enrolled in tertiary level education in the country. Dhaka is the center of this growth. There are around 08 public and 50 private universities operating Dhaka. Among these universities public universities have campuses and most of the private universities don’t have permanent campuses. But as per Private University Act-1992, these private universities are bound to set up permanent campuses. Some of these universities have already set up a permanent campus in and around Dhaka city, others are in the process of establishing new campuses. Under such circumstances, it is necessary to study the thermal comfort parameters of the students pursuing educations as well as a sustainable environment in these built campus spaces in the context of the hot humid compact urban context of Dhaka. So that knowledge from these studies can be utilized to achieve healthy as well as a sustainable environment in future campus design in Dhaka. This paper focuses on thermal comfort parameters in open spaces in terms of wind velocity, ambient air temperature, and relative humidity in the university campus in Dhaka. Three universities are studied, one is Govt and the other two are private Universities.