Bioclimatic Strategies – A Way to Attain Climate Adaptability
摘要
Climate analysis, using bioclimatic potential calculations described in Chapter 4 , defines how buildings at a particular location can utilise the environmental conditions to provide for the occupants’ indoor thermal comfort. However, these potentials are merely guidelines or reinterpretations of climate data that point to the appropriate design solutions defined by the four bioclimatic design strategies and executed by implementing the appropriate bioclimatic design measures. In other words, translating bioclimatic potential into actual building design necessitates knowledge regarding appropriate technological solutions for passive heating and cooling in buildings. With this intention in mind, the present chapter will first discuss the definition, relative importance, and objectives of heat retention, heat admission, heat exclusion, and heat dissipation bioclimatic strategies. These are followed by a structured overview of the most commonly used bioclimatic design measures, which constitute the mentioned strategies. At the end of the chapter, the results of the bioclimatic potential analysis and the presented information regarding bioclimatic design measures will be used to define exemplar archetypal climate-adapted buildings for the selected locations of cold, temperate, Mediterranean, hot-arid and hot-humid climates.