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ALL ABOUT CLIMATE IN ARCHITECTURE
Architectural information for beginner architects and students
DAY LIGHTING
Daylight is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight during the daytime. This includes direct sunlight, diffuse sky radiation...
PRINCIPLES OF DAYLIGHTING DESIGN
Principles of daylighting design combine aesthetic and psychological qualities of light, building orientation, cross-section, interior...
CLIMATE AND ELEMENTS OF CLIMATE
Climate ‘an integration in time of weather conditions, characteristics of a certain geographical location. Climate (from Greek: klima)...
CLIMATE AND THERMAL COMFORT
The challenge for the designer is to strive towards the optimum of total comfort, defined as “the sensation of complete physical and...
GLOBAL WIND PATTERN AND AIR MOVEMENT
The global wind pattern is also known as the "general circulation" and the surface winds of each hemisphere are divided into three wind...
KOPPEN CLIMATE
Koppen Climate Classification System is the most widely used system for classifying the world’s climates. The Koppen system recognizes...
CLIMATIC ZONES IN INDIA
There are majorly Five climatic zones in India. 1)-Hot and dry 2)-Warm and humid 3)-Composite 4)-Cold 5)-Moderate...
SITE CLIMATE
Every city, village and even a precinct in a town may have its own climate slightly different from the climate described for the region...
HEAT EXCHANGE OF BUILDING
The building can be considered as a defined unit and its heat exchange processes with the out-door environment can be examined...
VENTILATION IN BUILDING
The supply of fresh air. Maintain cooling effect for comfort conditions. Removing heat from the thermal mass in the building structure...
CLIMATE RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURE
Climate is the long-term prevailing conditions at a particular place taken over time and based on records taken...
ORIENTATION OF BUILDING WITH RESPECT TO CLIMATE
The chief aim of orientation of buildings is to provide physically and psychologically comfortable living inside the building…
