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      <journal-title-group><journal-title>SET Proceedings</journal-title></journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2978-4387</issn>
      <publisher><publisher-name>Caravel Press</publisher-name></publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.65582/set.2023.069</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2023.069</article-id>
      <title-group><article-title>Analysis of Thermal Comfort in a University Building, During the Hot/Dry Season in Kebbi State, Nigeria</article-title></title-group>
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        <name><surname>Bena</surname><given-names>Aminu Adamu</given-names></name>
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      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Gillott</surname><given-names>Mark</given-names></name>
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      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Boukanouf</surname><given-names>Rabah</given-names></name>
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      <aff id="aff1">Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, University Park Campus NG7 2RD, United Kingdom</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Department of Architecture, Federal University Birnin Kebbi, PMB 1157, Kebbi State, Nigeria</aff>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></pub-date>
      <volume>20</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <isbn publication-format="electronic">978-0-85358-357-8</isbn>
      <fpage>159</fpage>
      <lpage>167</lpage>
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        <date date-type="received"><string-date>15 December 2023</string-date></date>
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      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>© 2023 Copyright WSSET</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2023</copyright-year>
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      <abstract><p>This study examines overheating and thermal comfort in an Architectural studio complex at Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria. Thermal comfort parameters (temperature, relative humidity, carbon dioxide, and noise levels) were analysed through instrumentation, an objective building assessment methodology using a NETATMO smart weather data logger. Data collected during the hottest month (April) in the summer aimed to understand occupants' experiences during the intense solar radiation of the hot/dry season. The assessment focused on maintaining indoor environmental quality (IEQ) for students and staff. The findings established a lower and upper of 27ºC and 32°C, respectively, as standard effective temperature (SET) necessary for attaining thermal comfort for the studio complex, as against 26ºC recommended for educational facilities. This highlights the need for sustainability measures in the indoor built environment to ensure occupants' comfort and well-being.</p></abstract>
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        <kwd>Thermal comfort</kwd>
        <kwd>Indoor environments quality</kwd>
        <kwd>Instrumentation</kwd>
        <kwd>Assessment and Architectural design studios</kwd>
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      <conference>
        <conf-date>15 to 17 August 2023</conf-date>
        <conf-name>20th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies</conf-name>
        <conf-acronym>SET2023</conf-acronym>
        <conf-num>20</conf-num>
        <conf-loc>Nottingham, UK</conf-loc>
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