Brief Analysis on Energy Consumption and Indoor Environment of Inner Mongolia Grassland Dwellings

Abstract

Since the middle of the twentieth century, with the development of production and urbanization, many problems such as environmental pollution, energy shortages, and ecological degradation, and atmospheric warming, have become increasingly serious. Paying attention to the living environment has become a trend of the international community, which is also the focus of attention paid by governments and the whole society. A good living environment should reflect the characteristics of the three aspects: ecology, economy, and culture. These features are closely related to the building physical environment [1]. Based on the grassland typical living form—Mongolia yurt, this paper analyzes the physical environment of such living type, according to the natural environment of grassland and climate characteristics, drawing a conclusion that the energy consumption of traditional grassland dwellings is rather large, and the indoor environment, especially the indoor thermal environment, is far from the pleasant living environment.