But du cours
The aim of this course is to provide students with the working methods and tools to enable them to design low-environmental-impact buildings in tropical environments.
Acquis d'apprentissage visés
- Identify passive design strategies (thermal inertia, natural ventilation, insulation, solar shading, etc.) based on climate type.
- Be able to draw inspiration from vernacular architecture to innovate and design future low-environmental-impact buildings.
- Be capable of designing passive buildings in tropical environments.
Programme
COMFORT:
- The different parameters involved in comfort: (air temperature, mean radiant temperature, air velocity, humidity, clothing, metabolism)
- Resultant temperature and operative temperature
- Givoni diagram
- Adaptive comfort
- Current standards (ISO 7730, ASHRAE Standard 55, EN15251)
- Units, energy ratios, primary energy, final energy
- Key design principles in tropical environments
- Building surroundings
- Cross-ventilation
- Solar shading (roof, opaque walls, glazing)
- Energy efficiency of systems (air conditioning, ceiling fans, artificial lighting)
- Building diagnostics (analysis of EDF bills, energy-consuming systems, proposed solutions and costing).
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN IN TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS:
Modalités d'évaluation
Case study on a building project in a defined city/country. Assessment will be based on a written report and an oral presentation.
The final grade will be calculated as 2/3 written report + 1/3 oral presentation.
Bibliographie
UN-Habitat: Sustainable Architectural Design in Tropical Environments. Principles and Applications for East Africa. ISBN: 978-92-1-132573-7
http://andrewmarsh.com/software/
Supports
PowerPoint presentation.