Abstract

The indigenous people of Russia’s Chukotka Administrative District have their own unique heating system, and this short paper details that system along with other standard elements of construction practice, such as the dimensions and spatial properties of yarangas and how they’re put together. The organization of the home’s internal space and its typical use is given careful thought. The article explains how to create a warm and pleasant environment within your home. The results of experimental studies into the temperature of the air within a yaranga during normal operation conditions, as well as the results of research into the energy barrier resilience of the insulating walls. Through practical laboratory and field study, we were able to determine the amount of heat lost by the insulating structures both inside and outside of a yaranga, and so compute the simulation of a yaranga.

Keywords: Thermal performance, Insulating structures, Yaranga style, Vernacular architecture