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Solar Radiation and Urban Design for Hot Climates

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  • V K Gupta

    (School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi 110002, India)

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Three archetypal building forms, termed the pavilion, street, and court are evaluated and compared in terms of their thermal performance when they are realised as non-air-conditioned buildings in a hot climate. Techniques for calculating the solar exposure of buildings are reviewed, and a new technique is described which is applicable to arrays of archetypal building forms. A number of conclusions are reached which suggest appropriate urban forms and building dimensions for both hot and composite climates.

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  • V K Gupta, 1984. "Solar Radiation and Urban Design for Hot Climates," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 11(4), pages 435-454, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:11:y:1984:i:4:p:435-454
    DOI: 10.1068/b110435
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    1. Sanaieian, Haniyeh & Tenpierik, Martin & Linden, Kees van den & Mehdizadeh Seraj, Fatemeh & Mofidi Shemrani, Seyed Majid, 2014. "Review of the impact of urban block form on thermal performance, solar access and ventilation," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 551-560.
    2. Giovanni Chiri & Ilaria Giovagnorio, 2015. "Gaetano Vinaccia’s (1881–1971) Theoretical Work on the Relationship between Microclimate and Urban Design," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-26, April.

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