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CLIMATIC DESIGN

 The purpose of climatic design is to facilitate an increase in the energy efficiency


of buildings.
 Thermal design improves the living and working environment for occupants
 also seeks to reduce the effect on public health by adverse climatic conditions.
TROPICAL DESIGN
 This is concerned with countries where discomfort due to heat and humidity are
the dominant problems.
 applicable to Tropical and Sub-tropical climates and Equatorial Climates covering
the Southeast Asian Countries.
The key objectives of climatic design include:
 To reduce energy cost of a building
 To use "natural energy" instead of mechanical system and power
 To provide comfortable and healthy environment for people
Factors Affecting Climatic Design:
 The local micro-climate and site factors will affect the actual environmental
conditions of the building.

The important site-related factors should be considered when making the climate
analysis:
1. Topography - elevation, slopes, hills and valleys, ground surface conditions.
2. Vegetation - height, mass, silhouette, texture, location, growth patterns.
3. Built forms - nearby buildings, surface conditions.
Major thermal design factors to be studied include:
 solar heat gain
 conduction heat flow
 ventilation heat flow.
The design variables in architectural expression that are important will include:
1. Shape - surface-to-volume ratio; orientation; building height.
2. Building fabric - materials and construction; thermal insulation; surface qualities;
shading and sun control.
3. Fenestration - the size, position and orientation of windows; window glass
materials; external and internal shading devices.
4. Ventilation - air-tightness; outdoor fresh air; cross ventilation and natural
ventilation.
Climatic Design – the purpose is to facilitate an increase in the energy- efficiency of
buildings
- It is to reduce the effect on public health (reduce energy)
1. Building’s Style
2. Building Materials – durable/future
3. State of the Building – sustainability of the building
Climate Change – greatest environmental threat that the world faces today
o human activities – we emit greenhouse gasses; carbondioxide, oxygen

outcomes
- low energy costs
- reduced maintenance – sustainable structure, no additional expenses to users
- superior comfort – priority, goal in designing
Design Features
- may not require mechanical heating or cooling
- take advantage of natural energy flows (wind energy, solar energy, tidal
energy)
Thermal Comfort – Heat
- Building Envelope – roof, walls, windows, floors, internal walls (enclosure, for
protection)
- Provide floor and exterior walls
Dominant Problems – discomfort
- Heat
- Humidity – maalinsangan na pakiramdam (high level in Philippines)

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