Pengaruh penggunaan styrofoam sebagai peredam panas pada atap terhadap suhu ruang

Abstract

. Aluminum is widely used as a roof, but it causes the room temperature to become hot due to its high thermal conductivity. This study aims to analyze the effect of styrofoam as a heat sink on the roof to room temperature. The research method is an experiment with variations in the thickness of styrofoam 1.5 cm and 3.0 cm. The shape of the roof is half- gable and oriented towards the north. The results showed that the average temperature of the top of the roof of the three miniature houses was much higher than the temperature of the bottom of the roof and higher than the room temperature. For the room temperature between the three miniature houses with different treatments, the order of the highest room temperature to the lowest room temperature is the miniature house without using styrofoam, using 1.5 cm styrofoam, and with 3 cm styrofoam. It can be seen that the use of styrofoam affects the room temperature and is effective in reducing the room temperature. In addition, the thicker the styrofoam used, the more heat is dissipated.