SOLAR

PASSIVE
ARCHITECTURE
Submitted to:- Submitted by:-
Ar. Amit Mehta Neha
1540153,3rd Sem
B.Arch.
 INTRODUCTION
• Traditional architecture are environment friendly.
• They are developed with regard to local climate conditions and have features which
provides thermal comfort inside the building in a natural way.
• Modern architecture on the other hand is regard less to local climate and depends upon
the conventional energy for archiving desirable thermal comfort levels.
• How ever, in the recent past, there is growing concern of conserving energy and the
environment this renewed instance in the aspects of architecture which lead to thermal
comfort led to the development of subject on solar heating and cooling of buildings.
• Solar heating of building can be categorized in two
• One, in which building is healed by simply replacing oil/fuel fired heating plants by solar
heating system i.e. where wear is heated by solar collectors and then hot water is past
through radiators to heat the building.
• The other, on the other hand ,the building itself is designed to accomplish the task of
heating.
• Here, solar heat is collected through the large south facing glazed windows as well as
through various characters and is observed and stored in thickmesnerry walls ,floors or
water filled containers
• Solar passive architecture is distinguish with this category of solar heating.
• Analysis of abbove passive heating system will show that there are five distinct elements.
• They heat thus collected is then distributed by natural convective flow patterns within the
building to achieve desired thermal comfort level inside the building
Features integrated in the designs are
I. Orientation
II. Maximum surface area of wall exposed to sun
III. Direct gains
IV. Solarium
V. Trombe wall
VI. Solar heat storage
VII. Hollow concrete block walls for preventing heat loss and thick stone walls to absorb
solar heat gain.
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1.Orientation :-
• Since in the passive solar heating concept, solar heat is to be collected through the large
south facing glazed windows as well as through various collectors.
• The orientation of building with respect to movement of sun plays vital role.
• It is there fore ,essential that desired orientation is analyzed properly and then the
building is desired accordingly.
• In the above housing proposal, there are 3 sites located on either of the main road which
runs north south direction.
• The designs of all type 1 to type 5 residential quarter in the above proposal have been
evolved on these concept.
2.Surface area of wall exposed to sun
In the design of all type of residential quarters, living and bed rooms have been staggered to
maximize the surface area of walls exposed to the sun.

2.Direct gain
Large double glass have been provided on the south facing walls of and bed rooms for solar
heat gains (direct gains).

4.Solarium
the verandah/ balcony has been covered with glazing to act as solarium for direct solar heat
gains.

5.Trombe wall/tap
• The external wall is painted black and covered with double glazing.
• The external glass shall be of toughened glass and the inner glass may be ordinary glass.
• The gap between wall and the inner glass shell be 10 Cm.
• It has air inlet at bottom both from outside and inside the room and air outlet at the top(
lintel level) inside the room solar heat is collected the trombe wall and absorbed by black
painted wall which in turn the heat cold air getting in through inlet at bottom.
6.Solar heat storage
• A courtyard with stone wall has been provided in central location of quarter.
• This courtyard is covered with double glazing roof.
• The external glass should be of toughened glass and the inner glass may be of
ordinary glass.
• The solar heat is gained to this glazed courtyard and is absorbed in the thick stone
wall, solar heat thus absorbed radiates heat in the rooms at night and maintains
the thermal comfort level in the rooms.
• The warm air in the courtyard flows to the rooms through inlets.
• The glazed roof is provided with insulated covering system which prevent the heat
the loss during night.
7.Hollow concrete block walls and thick stone walls
• Hollow concrete block walls have been provided on the wall which are exposed to
the sun for preventing heat loss and conserve heat inside the room.
• Thick stone walls have been provided on the other sides are not absorbed the heat
gain during day time and to radiate heat at night time to maintain the thermal
comfort inside.
Solarium or Greenhouse
• This is a combination of direct gain and indirect gain concept.
• A glass enclosed called solarium or green house in attached to thermal storage walls
of the building on south side.
• Solarium or green house receive heat by direct gain while the room receives heat by
indirect gin through the thermal storage wall.

Collectors:-
I. Direct gain
II. Indirect gain
Direct Gain:-
Sun light is allowed to the building directly through south facing window and internal
walls, floors etc.to provide thermal comfort.

Inderct Gain
Trombe wall
Thermal Storage Wall
Thermal storage wall is provide on south side between incoming solar radiation and
the room . The external glared thermal wall gets heated due to absorption of solar
radiation at its outer surface and heat during night.

Distinct element/features of passive solar heating:-

These are solar heat.
I. Collector IV. Distribution
II. Absorber V. control or heat regulation devices
III. storage