Passive techniques in practice.

Heat gain prevention technique.

Roof Techniques.
(a) Traditional.
(b) Modern.
Ventilation Techniques.
Cooling Techniques.
HOUSE ENCLOSED
WITH VARANDAH
COURTYARD
HOUSE
SOLAR RADIATION PROTECTION
TECHNIQUES IN TRADITIONAL HOUSES
ROOF OF TRADITIONAL
HOUSES are SADDLE
BACK TYPE. UNDER THE
ROOF ALWAYS THERE IS A
FLAT CELLING CALLED
MANCHA WHICH IS USED
AS A LOFT SPACE BUT
THE MAIN OBJECTIVES IS
TO CREATE A THICK AIR
BUFFER ABOVE THIS AIR
BUFFER IS HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE IN FORMING
INSULATION IN THE
SUMMER HEAT AND A
SOURCE OF WARMTH IN
WINTER.
COURTYARD EFFECT
(DAY)
DUE TO THE INCIDENT SOLAR
RADIATION IN THE COURTYARD THE
AIR IN IT BECOMES WARMER AND
RISES UP TO REPLACE IT. COOL AIR
FROM THE GROUND LEVEL FLOWS
THROUGH THE LOVERED
OPENINGS OF THE ROOM THUS
PRODUCING THE AIR FLOW.
COURTYARD EFFECT
(NIGHT)
THE ROOF SURFACES ARE SLOPED
TOWARDS AN INTERNAL
COURTYARD. THE COOL AIR SINKS
INTO THE COURTYARD AND ENTERS
THE LIVING SPACES THROUGH THE
LOW LEVEL OPENINGS AND LEAVES
THROUGH HIGHER LEVEL
OPENINGS.

DUAL COURTYARD EFFECT
AIR IS NOT HEATED
DIRECTLY BY THE SUN BUT
BY ANY HOT SURFACE WITH
WHICH IT COMES INTO
CONTACT THAT IS WHY
THERE IS USUALLY AN
INVERS ON OF COLD AIR
OVER HOT DURING THE DAY
IN THE SAME WAY AIR DOES
NOT LOSE ITS HEAT
DIRECTLY TO THE NIGHT
SKY BUT THROUGH
CONVECTION TO ANY COLD
SURFACES WHICH IS
RADIATING.
AN AIR FLOW INSIDE THE
ROOM CAN BE MAINTAINED
BY A DUAL COURTYARD
CONCEPT WHERE
COURTYARD IS KEPT COOL
BY SHADY TREES
VEGETATION AND ANOTHER
TO SUN.
COURTYARD EFFECT WITH
EVAPORATIVE COOLING
THE EFFICIENCY
CAN FURTHER
BE INCREASED
BY PROVIDING
AN
EVAPORATIVE
COOLING
SYSTEM IN THE
COOL
COURTYARD.
Passive techniques in practice.
Heat gain prevention technique.
Roof Techniques.
(a) Traditional.
(b) Modern.
Ventilation Techniques.
Cooling Techniques.
SHADING BY TEXTURE
HIGHLY
TEXTURED WALLS
HAVE A PORTION
OF THEIR
SURFACES IN THE
SHADE. THE
RADIATION
ABSORBING AREA
OF SUCH A
TEXTURED
SURFACE IS LESS
THAN ITS
RADIATION
EMITTING AREA
AND THEREFORE
IT WILL BE
COOLER THAN A
FLAT SURFACE.
SHADING BY CLEARSTOREY AND
EAVES Overhang
TRADITIONAL
CLEARSTOREY WINDOWS
WITH PROJECTING SHADES
PROVIDE DIFFUSE LIGHT
TO CREATE UNIFORM
AMBIENT LIGHTING IN
INTERIORS.IT HELPS IN
PRODUCING AN EFFECTIVE
STACK EFFECT FOR
BETTER VENTILATION.THE
PASSIVE DESIGN
ELEMENTS SUCH AS
PROJECTING SHADES
OVER CLEARSTOREY
WINDOWS PREVENTS
GLARES AND THEREBY
HEAT GAINS.

SHADING PROJECTION OF A BALCONY
ONE OF THE COMMON
PASSIVE SHADING
DEVICE FEATURE IS A
BALCONY WHOSE
UPPER PORTION IS
EFFECTIVELY USED
AS A WINTER LIVING
SPACE AND AT THE
SAME TIME PROVIDES
ADEQUATELY SHADED
BUFFER SPACES
BELOW TO CREATE
COMFORT
CONDITIONS DURRING
SUMMER.
CREATION OF SEASONAL LIVING SPACES
ONE OF THE VERY EFFECTIVE PASSIVE DESIGN FEATURES SUCH
AS BUFFER SPACES IS EMPLOYED IN BUILDING DESIGN TO CREATE
SUMMER AND WINTER LIVING SPACES. PROJECTIONS OR
OVERHANGS ON THE EXTERNAL FACADE AGAIN HELPS IN
REDUCING HEAT GAIN BY PREVENTING DIRECT SOLAR
RADIATIONS.THE SAME BUFFER SPACES ACT AS WARM SPACE IN
WINTER DUE TO TIME LAG EFFECT.
Passive techniques in practice.
Heat gain prevention technique.
Roof Techniques.
(a) Traditional.
(b) Modern.
Ventilation Techniques.
Cooling Techniques.
TERRACE GARDEN
TERRACE
GARDENS
SHOULD BE
PROVIDED TO
REDUCE HEAT
GAIN THROUGH
EXPOSED ROOF.
CANVAS CLOTH COVER
DOME STRUCTURE
CURVED ROOF HAS A
LARGER CONVECTION
HEAT TRANSFER AREA
AND TRANSFERS HEAT
MORE EFFICIENTLY
THAN A FLAT ROOF
THEREFORE , A
CURVED ROOF IS MORE
EASILY COOLED
REFLECTIVE ROOF SURFACE
INCLINED ROOF
SLOPING ROOF
ABSORBED LESS
HEAT THAN THE
FLAT ROOF DUE
TO ITS SHAPE AND
LESS EXPOSURE
TO SOLAR
RADIATION.
Passive techniques in practice.
Heat gain prevention technique.
Roof Techniques.
(a) Traditional.
(b) Modern.
Ventilation Techniques.
Cooling Techniques.
ROOF POND OR SKY THERM TECHNIQUE
THE WATER MASS MAY BE IN THE
FORM OF FAN OPEN POND OR
BAGS OF WATER(WITH A
TRANSPARENT PLASTIC COVER IN
WINTER)WITH MOVABLE
INSULATION ABOVE IT.
IN WINTER DURING THE DAY TIME
INSULATION IS REMOVED
ALLOWING SOLAR ENERGY TO BE
ABSORBED BY YHE WATER AND
THE BLACK SURFACE OF THE
ROOF AND THIS HEAT IS THEN
RADIATED TO THE LIVING
SPACE.AT NIGHT,THE WATER IS
COVERED BY THE INSULATION
REDUCIBG THE HEAT LOSS TO
THE OUTSIDE AIR. THE HEAT
TRANSFER TO THE OUTSIDE AIR.
THE HEAT TRANSFER TO THE
INSIDE AIR FROM THE ROOF
KEEPS THE LIVING SPACE WARM.
SECTION THROUGH A HOSTEL
BUILDING MODULE
LIGHT WEIGHT
CONSTRUCTIO
NS IS USED
FOR
BEDROOMS
WHILE DAY
USE SPACE IS
MASSIVELY
BUILT.
DAY TIME
NIGHT TIME
BAMBOO
SCREEN
MASSIVE ROOF CUTS
OF RADIATION
LIGHT WEIGHT
ROOF
PROJECTION
AS SUN SHADE
ROOF SHADING BY PERGOLAS
ROOF CAN BE
SHADED WITH
THE HELP OF
TREES PLANTED
NEARBY OR
CREEPERS
CONTROLLING
WIND. SOLAR
RADIATION AND
TEMPERS
EXTREMES OF
CLIMATE.
Passive techniques in practice.
Heat gain prevention technique.
Roof Techniques.
(a) Traditional.
(b) Modern.
Ventilation Techniques.
Cooling Techniques.
VENTILATION
OPARATION OF A WIND TOWER
AIR CIRCULATION PATTERN IN A
ROOM WITH A CURVED ROOF
WHEN A HOLE IS MADE
AT THE APEX OF A DOME
OR CYLINDRICAL ROOF
THE LOW PRESSURE
CREATED AT THIS POINT
VENTS THE HOT AIR
UNDER THE ROOF. IN
THIS WAY AIR IS KEPT
CIRCULATING THROUGH
THE ROOM UNDER THE
ROOF. AIR VENTS ARE
USUALLY PLACED OVER
LIVING ROOMS. OFTEN
WITH A POOL OF WATER
DIRECTLY UNDER THE
VENT TO COOL THE AIR
WHICH IS MOVING UP TO
THE VENT BY
EVAPORATION.
WIND DEFLECTORS
HEDGE AND SHRUB
PLANTING OUTSIDE
WINDOW RELIEVES
UNWANTED
PRESSURE
COMPONENTENT
FORCES DOWNWARD
DEFLECTIONS OF AIR
STREAM. EFFECT
WILL BE PRODUCED
FOR DISTANCE UPTO
5 TO 6 M.
WIND FUNNELING
TREE PLANTING
CAN BE USED TO
GUIDE WIND INTO
UNIT. HERE THREE
FUNNEL LINES ARE
DISGUISED AS
DRIVE WAY.
Passive techniques in practice.
Heat gain prevention technique.
Roof Techniques.
(a) Traditional.
(b) Modern.
Ventilation Techniques.
Cooling Techniques.
CHARCOAL
WATER
POT
WIND
WATER SPRAYER
TUNNEL COOLING
COOL
AIR
AIR TAKE
AIR
DUCT
TUNNEL
AN ALTERNATIVE
METHOD IS TO
CONSTRUCT TUNNELS
AT THE APPROPRIATE
DEPTH AND TO COOL AIR
BY BLOWING IT
THROUGH THE TUNNELS.
THE COOLED AIR IS THEN
USED TO CONDITION
LIVING SPACES IN A
NORMAL BUILDING
ABOVE THE GROUND.
EARTH TUBE COOLING
AIR
INTAKE
AS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SOIL AT ABOUT 6 FT. OR MORE
BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH STAYS FAIRLY CONSTANT
THROUGH THE YEAR AND IS VERY CLOSELY APPROXIMATED BY
THE ANNUAL AVERAGE AIR TEMP. IF A PIPE IS BURIED
UNDERGROUND AT THIS DEPTH ATMOSPHERIC AIR IS PASSED OR
CIRCULATED THROUGH IT THE AIR WILL LOSE OR GAIN HEAT
DEPENDING UPON WHETHER IT IS.