The impact of solar geometry on architectural strategies

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2018-02-19

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Virginia Tech

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Designing architecture is related to producing vast amounts of information based on constraints, experience or common sense, and at the same time, those designs are assisted by specialized software, but, are the results of those processes giving you advantage or are they leading you in the wrong way? For example, should you include shading elements or less glazing? Should you change the shape of the building or improve envelope specifications? This research is a start to understand how to approach to design problems related to solar geometry, recognize which variables are worth modifying, reduce potential of error when iterating, and take truly advantage of the output delivered by modeling tools.

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Solar Geometry, Rules of Thumb, Sefaira, High Performance, Glazing Ratio, Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, Shading, Daylighting, Architecture, EUI, ASE, sDA, Daylight Factor

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