Open AccessEstablishing Climate Responsive Building Design Strategies using Climate Consultant
Author(s) -
Fabrice Mwizerwa*,
Mukesh Kumar Gupta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.e6167.018520
Subject(s) - building design , work (physics) , sustainability , architectural engineering , climate change , environmental resource management , computer science , business , engineering , environmental science , ecology , mechanical engineering , biology
Climate responsive building has become one of the most effective approach to achieve sustainability in buildings. With the modern various innovations and diversified sophisticated technologies available nowadays in the building sector, people are tending to adopt all of this latest cutting-edge technology available on the building construction market regardless of the requirements of their building’s project local climate. In this research study climate consultant software (an energy design tool) was utilized to give an appropriate understanding of Gisenyi climate and to eventually establish building design strategies matching with Gisenyi climate. The outcomes of this research work show that it is needless to adopt active or mechanical design strategies for Gisenyi climate as for this type of climate thermal comfort zone of the occupant can be best achieved through the implementation of only passive design strategies