Category: Climate & Built Environment.

The Effects of Shading

The above method will provide a precisely shaped shade that will provide full protection over the time period selected. However,…

Design Steps

To design a horizontal shading device, simply following the following steps. Determine cut-off date. This is the date before which…

Design Requirements

The design requirements for a shading device depend entirely on a building’s use and local climatic conditions. In a multi…

Shade Angles

The Residential Design Codes of Western Australia” requires buildings to be design for climate. Protecting solar access for neighbouring properties is an…

Solar Shading

One of the most important challenges of energy efficient concepts in buildings is to control the entrance of daylight. It…

Sun Path Diagrams

The solar altitude, and the solar azimuth, can be read directly for any date of the year and any hour…

The Sun’s Position

The azimuth angle and the elevation angle at solar noon are the two key angles which are used to orient…

Sun Control And Shading Devices

INTRODUCTION Introduction Description Application Relevant Codes and Standards Additional Resources There are many different reasons to want to control the…

TYPES OF SHADING DEVICES

Openings, especially windows, greatly influence the thermal conditions within a building. Windows usually contain several elements, some of which are…

Blood perfusion

Body core temperature

Body temperature in humans is closely regulated to keep it nearly independent of environmental temperature, and it has been used…

HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT

Human thermal comfort is a combination of a subjective sensation (how we feel) and several objective interaction with the environment…