This paper assesses the applicability of some architectural design elements to provide comfort ventilation in humid tropical regions: size and location of windows, building eaves and roof shapes for a single unit house. Most window and roof configurations are sufficent to produce only a slightly more comfortable level although they can certainly increase the indoor air velocity. The improvement of indoor air velocity can minimize the physiological effect of the high humidity. Among the tested models, the room with a high gable roof combining with eaves improves significantly the indoor air velocity. Cet exposé évalue l'applicabilité de certains éléments de configuration visant à assurer une ventilation de confort daus les régions tropicales humides: dimensions et emplacement des fenêtres, formes d'avant-toit et de toiture pour une maison individuelle. La plupart des configurations de fenêtre et de toiture suffisent seulement a fournir un minime supplément de confort, bien qu'elles puissent effectivement améliorer la circulation intérieure de l'air. Une amélioration de circulation intérieure de l'air peut atténuer les effets physiologiques d'une forte humidité. Parmi les modèles essayés, le local comportant une toiture à pignon élevé associée à des avant-toits offre une nette amélioration de circulation interieure de l'air.

The author found that the results obtained were reliable and indicates that neural networks can be used as a predictor for investigating window opening configurations to study the effects on interior air motion. Further study is needed in the development of the database to cover wider architectural parameters and the implementation of new types of network is also needed, as well as the need to consider variation spatial coefficients more fully.