BIO CLIMATIC

DESIGN PRINCIPLES
AND DESIGN
TECHNIQUES

PRESENTED BY:
TARUC, ANGENNIE O.
BEJERANO, ARA SHANE A.
CAYOBIT, REINETTE VANZ
ORANTIA, PRC
BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN
 Bioclimatic design is defined as an architecture which
has a connection with nature

 The aim of bioclimatic architecture is to create urban

areas and buildings that are designed in order to fully
cover their energy requirements without induce
environmental damage

 This architecture seeks perfect cohesion between

design and natural elements (such as the sun, wind,
rain and vegetation), leading us to an optimization of
resources.
INTRODUCTION
o Urban designers can create favorable
microclimatic conditions in, and
around buildings and outdoor spaces
to increase comfort and reduce
energy requirements

o In winters, the objectives is to protect

outdoor spaces, entryways and
structures from the winter winds and
to promote and gain solar heat

o In summer, it’s the reverse, to resist

solar gain by shading and to promote
cooling by ventilation.
BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES
Bioclimatic design takes into account the local climate:

 Heat protection of the buildings in winter as well as in

summer, using appropriate techniques which are applied to
the external envelope of the building, especially by
adequate insulation and air tightness of the building and its
openings

 Use of solar energy for heating buildings in the winter

season and for day lighting all year round

 Protection of the building from the summer sun, primarily

by shading but also by the appropriate treatment of the
building envelope
 Removal of the heat which accumulates in summer in
the building to the surrounding environment using by
natural means (passive cooling systems and
techniques), such as natural ventilation, mostly during
nighttime.

 Improvement – adjustment of environmental

conditions in the interiors of buildings so that their
inhabitants find them comfortable and pleasant.

 Ensuring isolation combined with solar control for

daylighting of buidlings, in order to provide sufficient
and evenly distributed light in interior spaces.

 Improvement of the microclimate around buildings,

through the bioclimatic design of exterior spaces.
BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN TECHNIQUES INCLUDE

1. WIND BREAKS(Winters): Using of neighboring land forms,

structures, or vegetation for winter wind protection.

2. SUN SHADING(Summer): Sun angles are different in summer than

in winters, it is possible to shade and building openings from the
sun during summer period.

o Natural Ventilation: It is concept to cool outdoor spaces and

buildings by using neighboring land forms, structures, or
vegetation to increase exposure to summer breezes.

o Plants and Water: Several landscaping techniques provides

cooling by the use of plants and water near the building surfaces
and maximum on-site evaporative cooling.
CROSSED VENTILATION
o It is a ventilation system of a space or a run of associated spaces, through
openings placed on to opposite walls.
o This strategy should be used with the combined shaded environment and an
envelope (walls and ceilings) whose surface temperature would be similar to
ambient temperature.
o Otherwise and with not enough thermal insulation, it can be several degrees
above ambient temperature, involving a heat emission which reduces the
thermal comfort.
Chimney Effect
o It is a system that makes an air extraction by placing apertures in
the top of a room.
o They can be connected to an exhaust vertical duct
o The movement of the air is possible thanks to the stack effect

Stack Effect is also referred to as the “chimney effect”, and it helps

drive natural ventilation and infiltration. It is the movement of air into
an out of buildings, chimney , flue gas stacks, or other containers, and
is driven by buoyancy.
Buoyancy occurs due to a difference in indoor-to-outdoor air density
resulting from temperature and moisture differences.
BASIC ELEMENT OF BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN
PASSIVE SOLAR SYSTEM
o Passive solar is used to collect, store and distribute thermal energy
o The exploitation and misuse of natural resources rapidly depleting
the Non-renewable energy resources
o Passive solar energy buildings considerably reduces the usage of
Non-renewable energy resources.

Categories of Passive Solar Energy:

 Direct Gain Method – Is the simplest method where the space of
the building is directly heated by sunlight.
 Indirect Gain Method – Sunlight is often received by a south facing
wall and as air moves internal space the heat moves through the
living room.

 Isolated Gain Method – it contains solar collection, thermal storage

that are separated from actual living space.
MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF BIOCLIMATIC
DESIGN
• Direct, diffuse and reflected radiation – the way incident solar
radiation effects on the building.

• Solar Path – light intensity changes depending on the season, this

affects to the radiation that facades receive.

• Means of heat transmission

Thermal performance of building in different way.
- Conduction
- Convection
- Radiation
• Heat capacity and thermal inertia – a certain structure is said to have a
high capacity when it accumulates much heat, and much thermal
inertia when its temperature rises or get slowly
• Location and weather – all the elements of the
environment influence on the building
performance temperature.

• Shape and orientation

• Insulation and thermal mass
• Climatic use of floor
QUESTIONS:

1. Define as architecture which has an connection with nature

2. It is a system that makes an air extraction by placing apertures in the top
of a room.
3. It contains solar collection, thermal storage that are separated from
actual living space.
4. Referred to as the “chimney effect”
5. A local set of atmospheric conditions that differ from those in the
surrounding areas,
6. Using of neighboring land forms, structures, or vegetation for winter
wind protection.
7-10. Natural elements
ANSWERS;

1. BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN
2. CHIMNEY EFFECT
3. ISOLATED GAIN METHOD
4. STACK EFFECT
5. MICROCLIMATE
6. WIND BREAK (WINTER)
7. WIND
8. SUN
9. RAIN
10. VEGETATION