Climate Responsive Building - Appropriate Building Construction in Tropical and Subtropical Regions (SKAT, 1993, 324 p.)

(introduction...)

1. Foreword

2. Fundamentals

2.1 Climate zones

2.2 Climatic factors.

2.3 Human requirements regarding indoor climate

2.4 Physics

3. Design rules

3.0 Design methodology

3.1 General guidelines

3.2 Design for hot-arid zones

3.3 Design for warm-humid zones

3.4 Design for temperate and upland zones

4. Case studies

4.0 Preliminary remarks

4.1 Experiment in Ghardaia, Algeria

4.2 Simulation in Ghardaia, Algeria

4.3 Buildings in Shanti Nagar, Orissa, India

4.4 Experiments in Cairo, Egypt

4.5 Buildings in the Dominican Republic

4.6 Buildings in Kathmandu, Nepal

4.7 Buildings in New Delhi, India

4.8 Movable louvres for a school in Kathmandu, Nepal

4.9 Mountain hut in Langtang National Park, Nepal

5. Appendices

5.1 Physical data

5.2 Literature

5.3 Solar ecliptic charts

5.4 Conversion factors to SI units

5.5 List of possible plant species