Atlas Tropical & Green Architecture 2 Flashcards
- Natural ventilation
- High thermal mass
- High thermal mass with night ventilation
- Evaporative cooling
Passive cooling strategies
Depends solely on air movement to cool occupants
Natural ventilation
Depends on the ability of materials in the building to absorb heat during the day
High thermal mass
Relies on the daily heat storage of thermal mass combined with night ventilation that cools the mass. The building must be closed during the day and opened at night to flush the heat away.
High thermal mass with night ventilation
- Building configuration, site planning, & layout
- Building orientation
- Facade design
- Sun shading devices
Passive design methods
Controlled admission of natural light into a space through windows (fenestrations) to reduce or eliminate electric lighting
Daylighting
Encompasses the entire exterior surface of a building; includes walls, doors, and windows, which enclose, or envelope the interior spaces
Building envelope
Treats envelope components as a system and offers the ability to make simple trade-offs between envelope components
Overall envelope approach
It may be used for envelope-only compliance or may include lighting and mechanical system compliance when these systems are permitted at the same time.
Performance approach
Offers greater design flexibility; allows the designer to make trade-offs between many of the building envelope components
Overall envelope approach
An approach to building that minimizes harmful effects on human health and the environment
Safeguard air, water, and earth by choosing eco-friendly building materials and construction practices
Green architecture
Ecologically sustainable; structures using a process that is environmentally responsible & resource-efficient throughout a building’s life cycle
Green buildings
The measure of performance of a building based on accepted criteria; the impact of a building in its totality upon the environment
Green building rating systems
LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
BREEAM
Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method
