Architecture & Built Environment · Sustainable & Environmental Design
A topic within Sustainable & Environmental Design, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Architecture & Built Environment.
2 works
Victor Olgyay
Argues a building's form should be derived from a systematic balance of local climate data, human comfort and available technology, giving architects graphable design tools for passive heating and cooling before the phrase 'passive design' existed.
Baruch Givoni
Revises Olgyay's bioclimatic chart against updated thermal-comfort research and field data from hot climates, giving designers corrected boundaries for when passive strategies alone can keep a building comfortable without mechanical cooling.
13 pages