Sustainable Design and Thermal Comfort Strategy

Affordable housing is commonly considered on a cost basis, while environmental and social issues are thought to be addressed separately or ignored. Housing planned and built within an integrated sustainability framework, will not only be more accessible to low-income households but will also respond to their diverse social and cultural needs. Acknowledging this importance, the main objective of this study was to assess the sustainability of existing and claimed affordable housing concerning three case studies.

Therefore based on the literature study, a list of 21 indicators with their respective key performance indicators was developed which were critical and suitable to Nepal’s context. It was followed by the methodology of how those indicators were going to be assessed. Data for the study was collected through observation, a questionnaire survey with the occupants residing in those case study housings, and interviews with key informants.

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