An evaluation of indoor thermal comfort performance of cavity and non-cavity timber building envelope typologies modelled for tropical climates

Sarfo Mensah an Associate Professor at the Department of Construction Technology and Quantity surveying at Kumasi Technical University. He has over 15 years of teaching experience in Higher Education Institution. He has research interests in sustainable construction, construction management, sustainable procurement, and quantity surveying. He is a professional engineer and a professional quantity surveyor with nearly 23 years of practical experience in the construction industry. He has over 35 scientific publications and monograph published with co-authors from United Kingdom, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Ghana.

Emmanuel Donkor holds a Master of Technology in Construction Technology, a Bachelor of Technology Building Technology with expertise in sustainable building practices. His research focuses on climate-responsive construction and the development of sustainable building envelopes for predicting indoor thermal comfort. His broader interests lie in environmental engineering and sustainable infrastructure, exploring innovative approaches to climate change mitigation in the built environment.

Francis Kwesi Bondinuba an Associate Professor at Kumasi Technical University’s Department of construction technology and quantity’s surveying in Ghana. His research interests include Construction Business and Housing Markets. He has worked on construction management and housing finance topics with scholars from Nigeria, Libya, the Netherlands, the USA, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

Collins Ameyaw an Associate Professor in Project Management and Quantity Surveying at the Department of Construction Technology and Quantity Surveying at the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU). He holds a Doctor of Engineering from the Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany and MSc Construction Management from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. Collins is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and has over 15 years of experience in Public Procurement Training and Procurement Auditing, and over 20 years of experience in Infrastructure Project Management. He is an author of over 30 Scientific Articles.