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Tropical Design
Tropical Design
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Minimize SUN + 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:
WARM
COOL
COOL
WARM
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 6. Solar Chart = Sun Path Diagrams 7. Different Solar Charts for Different Latitudes
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