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Maximize WIND
TROPICAL DESIGN
TROPICAL DESIGN = passive cooling PASSIVE COOLING: design with no mechanical equipment used to induce comfort conditions in building interior PASSIVE COOLING = inducing air movements INDUCING AIR MOVEMENTS: relevant for areas with temperature variations of 10 and with high humidity
INDUCING AIR MOVEMENTS: can improve thermal comfort up to building interiors 15 meters deep
HOT-DRY CLIMATE:
COOL CLIMATE:
General Conditions
1. Equator receives more radiation than do polar regions.
2. Heat from equator move towards polar regions. 3. Hot air moves upwards going to polar regions. 4. Cold air moves to equator close to earths surface.
Specific Conditions
1. Rotation of earth deflects the air = Coriolis Force
2. Wind flows due to heat exchange.
Air temperature changes faster than ground temperature
Daily fluctuations of air temperature caused by physical conduction up to 3 meters above the ground Marked differences of air temperature between night and day
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SOLAR GEOMETRY
1. Rays of the sun vary with time and place (latitude)
2. Celestial Sphere: earth is static; sun moves from east to west
3. The sun moves across the sky at a rate of 15.04 per hour
4. The earths polar axis is inclined at 2347 from the vertical 5. June 21 is considered the longest day = summer solstice
SUN PATH
1. Solar Altitude Angle = the angle with height above the horizon. Ranges from 0 when on horizon to 90 when directly above (noon) 2. Solar Azimuth Angle = the suns position as projected on a horizontal plane. 3. The two solar angles change with Latitude (location on Earth) 4. Metro Manila is located at 14.5 N Latitude 5. Two Methods for Calculating Solar Angles Using graphs By mathematical calculation
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