THERMAL RESISTANCE PERFORMANCE OF NATURAL STONES BY THERMOSTATIC OVEN AND INFRARED THERMOMETER

Abstract

Energy crisis is a major problem faced by the country in this era. Energy utilization by people is growing now days. Also building or house which is need of every human being is contributing to global warming by emitting gases due to heat radiation. Artificial cooling is leading to increase the greenhouse gases. Expose area of building to sunlight or increasing temperature have demanded for more and more cooling system. Other reason is the climatic change happening in surrounding. To overcome this multi-dimensional path can be followed that is use of natural stones in construction. Use of Natural stones will help to reduce the energy consumption, increasing level of global warming and will keep the interior parts of room cool. Natural cooling in building contributes to reduce the size of air condition system and annual energy consumption. It is very essential for energy saving; a growing interest is focused on using building stones. There are certain applications where this heat transfer or thermal conductivity and other characteristics of a natural stone become an important factor in selecting the best material and design. Also Ecological way can be preferred to have minimal carbon footprint in construction and multidimensional development. The naturally available and economic material can be used to partially replace the artificial products which harm the environment. The above method may be used for natural air conditioning in buildings and can be efficient in reducing global warming. Properties of natural stone samples used in building construction were studied and their temperature was measured by using thermostatic oven and infra-red thermometer and results were manipulated.