Quiz 2

Question 1

The elevation angle of the sun from the ground.

Answer 1

Altitude

Question 2

The process of assessing a location’s physical, mental, and social qualities to design an architectural solution that addresses and enhances both the internal and external context.

Answer 2

Site Analysis

Question 3

It is comprised not just of daylight apertures, such as skylights and windows, but is coupled with a daylight-responsive lighting control system. This system can reduce electric lighting power when adequate ambient lighting is provided from daylight alone.

Answer 3

Daylighting Systems

Question 4

The angle measured from the vertical to the elevation angle.

Answer 4

Zenith

Question 5

In architecture, any fenestrated (windowed) wall of a room is carried higher than the surrounding roofs to light the interior space.

Answer 5

Clerestory window

Question 6

These are relatively small areas that differ from their surrounding regions. In addition to temperature and precipitation, these are affected by winds, vegetation, soil, latitude, season, humidity, pressure, evaporation, and even shade-giving objects.

Answer 6

Microclimates

Question 7

Refers to the human-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging in scale from buildings and parks or green space to neighborhoods and cities that can often include their supporting infrastructures, such as water supply energy networks

Answer 7

Built environment

Question 8

It is a measure of how much solar heat is absorbed and transmitted through the glass.

Answer 8

Solar Heat Gain Coefficient

Question 9

The fraction of the above-grade wall area that is covered by fenestration is calculated as the ratio of the wall fenestration area to the gross above-grade wall area.

Answer 9

Window-to-wall ratio

Question 10

They are barriers of trees, shrubs, and grass that help lessen and redirect wind velocity.

Answer 10

Windbreaks

Question 11

The relief of an area. An area that is close to a body of water tends to make milder climates.

Answer 11

Topography

Question 12

A space open to the sky over several floors inside the volume of a building. It is designed to provide light and ventilation to adjacent interior spaces (Harris, 2006).

Answer 12

Lightwell

Question 13

The planning of a piece of land to meet an efficient development program expresses the site’s character and provides appealing places to use.

Answer 13

Site Planning

Question 14

The type of solar shading that could reduce solar gain by 90-95% and is best located in the West or East.

Answer 14

Vertical louvers

Question 15

The solar angular position from the North (clockwise)solar.

Answer 15

Azimuth

Question 15

This is related to higher summer temperatures in urban areas than in their rural surroundings.

Answer 15

Urban Heat Island Effect

Question 16

The type of solar shading that could reduce solar gain by 75% and is best located in the South

Answer 16

Horizontal solar shading

Question 17

It is an architectural feature of a building that reduces heat gain within that building by deflecting sunlight

Answer 17

Brise Soleil

Question 18

The art and science of arranging the structures on the land and shaping the spaces between, an art of arranging uses of land linked to architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, and city planning.

Answer 18

Site planning

Question 19

According to Ander (2016), it is the controlled admission of natural light, direct sunlight, and diffused skylight into a building to reduce electric lighting and save energy.

Answer 19

Daylighting

Question 20

Whether natural or man-made, its characteristics of reflectance, permeability, and soil temperature influence the microclimate.

Answer 20

Ground surface

Question 21

The general term for the plant life of a region; refers to the ground cover provided by plants, and is, by far, the most abundant biotic element of the biosphere.

Answer 21

Vegetation

Question 22

An open, interior, sky-lit court is usually located at the center of a building and often surrounded by multiple stories. Usually featuring galleries, balconies, or arcades frequently enclosed by a glass roof

Answer 22

Atrium

Question 23

A roof opening covered with translucent or transparent glass or plastic designed to admit daylight.

Answer 23

Skylight

Question 24

The type of solar shading that could reduce solar gain by 60-75% and is best located in the South-West or South-East.