Resumen

BRAVO MORALES, Gaudy Claret  y  GONZALEZ CRUZ, Eduardo Manuel. Thermal comfort in naturally ventilated buildings of Maracaibo, VenezuelaEl confort térmico por tipología constructiva de viviendas naturalmente ventiladas en Maracaibo-Venezuela. Rev. Téc. Ing. Univ. Zulia [online]. 2006, vol.29, n.2, pp.169-181. ISSN 0254-0770.

This document presents an evaluation of air temperatures and human thermal votes registered on three constructive typology naturally ventilated buildings located in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The results show differences in the indoor air temperatures, the thermal votes and in the indoor comfort temperatures estimates by building typology.

Palabras clave : Thermal comfort; fields studies; adaptive model; naturally ventilated buildings; hot and humid climate.