The Thermal Performance of Chinese Vernacular Skywell Dwellings

Table 2

Mean daily solar irradiation Q incident upon the skywells in the summer period (1st Jun–31st Aug) for the eight dwellings studied (where Q derived from proximal weather station data and ecotect software).

Village	Dwelling names and designations of skyells (in parentheses)		Dimensions L × W × H (m)	WI	Mean daily incident solar irradiation on the skywell (Q) unit: kWh
Yuyuan	Gaozuo dwelling (W1)		9.3 × 5.8 × 5	0.7	219.2
	Shuting dwelling (W2)		6.1 × 5.2 × 5.3	0.94	128.9
	Yufengfa dwelling (W3)		9.2 × 2.95 × 4.9	1.1	110.3
Xidi	Dunren dwelling	Eastern skywell (W4)	4.3 × 2.15 × 5.26	1.83	41.4
	Yingfu dwelling (W5)		4.2 × 1.8 × 6.8	2.7	33.9
	Lufu dwelling	Eastern skywell (W6)	3.3 × 1.35 × 7.8	4.07	20.0
Zhifeng	Panxianxiong dwelling	Northern skywell (W9)	1.8 × 0.75 × 6.3	5.95	5.7
		Southern skywell (W10)	1.1 × 0.75 × 6.2	6.95	3.5
	Panmaotai dwelling	Eastern skywell (W11a)	1.1 × 0.6 × 6	7.73	2.8