Climate analysis for sustainable architecture

If we are going to do sustainable design, we have to start by analyzing the climate. This is a short video showing how I do my analysis for the climate of Brussels, Belgium, sharing how the conclusions can help inform the architecture.

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References and further reading

Climate Analysis by Michael Docherty and Steven V. Szokolay
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Daylight design of buildings by Nick Baker & Koen Steemers
https://www.amazon.com.be/Daylight-De...

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Meteonorm link for the climate file
https://meteonorm.com/en/

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TMY - Typical Metereological Year Wikipedia definition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typical...

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Time-Stamps

0:00 Presentation
0:58 Intro
1:11 Methodology
2:37 Dry bulb air temperature
3:57 Solar radiation
5:53 Cloud cover
7:01 Daylight
9:18 Conclusions
10:57 Thank You!
11:14 Warm-up routine

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Intro music "Midnight Bliss" by Moavii
https://freetouse.com/music