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Part 1 Human comfort: general; human body and environmental conditions; parameters of thermal comfort; air humidity; mean radiant temperature and globe temperature; clothing; human body and heat exchange; thermal index; visual comfort; acoustic comfort. Part 2 Concepts and elements of natural climatic control: fundamentals; solar radiation and geometry; use of solar charts; microclimate; building forms; mechanism of heat transfer; heat storage capacity; heat transfer through building components; heating; general; reduction of heat loss; heat recovery; increase of solar heat gain; utilization of ambient heat; utilization of internal heat sources; heat storage; combined systems; cooling; reduction of solar and convective heat import; reduction of heat transmission into the building; increase of heat loss from the building by radiation; increase of heat loss from the building by convection; evaporation; thermal storage; combined heating and cooling; general; balancing temperature fluctuations; heat sources and heat sinks; humidity control/balancing humidity fluctuations; absorption and desorption of different building materials; additional means for humidification; additional means for dehumidification; daylighting; general; sky conditions; components of daylight; daylight variation with size and locations of the window; methods of daylighting calculations; daylight estimation; design curves for Indian conditions.

The concepts, elements and design patterns of passive buildings are dealt with in this book. These patterns are a way to conserve energy in buildings or to provide more comfortable conditions inside the space through natural means.

Passive building design : a handbook of natural climatic control