Dwellings in a Mediterranean climate, such as that of Chile’s Central Valley, must provide hygro-thermal comfort both during the cold winters, and the hot days and cool summer nights. Straw, once a material common in...
INTRODUCTION This project began life as an aspiration of an individual client who is not a developer by profession.He is in the finance business,and in the course of buying some property for an investment,began studyi...
A building integrated photovoltaic system(BIPV)system may produce the same amount of electricity as consumed in the building on a yearly base.The simultaneity of production and consumption however needs to be evaluate...
In a hot-humid tropical climate,indoor thermal performance can be enhanced by comfort ventilation.Indoor venti-lation depends upon building opening size.But risks involved in providing openings include ingress of mosq...