Volume 11
Issue 4
Civil Engineering
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume11/issue4/abs-03.html
A POLISH HUT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Mirosława Górecka
Department of Civil Engineering and Geodesy,
Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW
ABSTRACT
The paper is dedicated to the development of a traditional Polish hut from the point of view of energy efficiency. There were emphasized such elements of the building architecture, as: its mass (including the spatial form of a roof), the arrangement of rooms and functional connections, the application of material and constructive solutions as well as the location at a building plot. The trends from the whole area of Poland were confronted with the examinations of some chosen huts at the area of the northern Casubia. It has been stated that the folk architecture, which is a result of the work of numerous generations and is characterized with a skilled adaptation to the natural environment and climate conditions, should become a pattern and inspiration to seek low energy-consuming solutions during the designing of country dwelling houses.
Key words: Polish hut, energy efficiency.
Mirosława Górecka
Department of Civil Engineering and Geodesy,
Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW
Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
email: miroslawa_gorecka@sggw.pl
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