10.07.2015   Sonar-Collecttors

Very hot Very cold Climatic Profile cold comfort hot Methodology used in the designing of the house

All the steps of the “whole building design approach” have been applied to the design of the house including the following preliminary steps.

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The climate microclimate

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Fig. 1 — Climatic profile of Rieti

Since Casaprota lacks its own meteorological data, meteo values were taken from Rieti, a city at 400 meters a. s.l., located 40 km north.

As the climatic profile2 (figure 1) shows, the climate is temperate, with six months falling in the cold column, four in comfort column area and only two months hot column. [14]

Figure 2 shows that the average temperature in the winter is 5°C while in the summer is about 29°C, very near to the comfort values, with peaks of 35°C.

Average, average max and average min temperatures in Casaprota, Italy

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Fig. 2 — Temperature values of Rieti

In this case the most important problem to face was to take care of the heating because it would be needed for six months of the year.

Temperature and humidity data of the site were also applied using the bioclimatic chart developed by Guillermo Gonzalo[15], to decide the design strategies to be applied: passive solar systems, thermal inertia, natural ventilation, an in some rare cases mechanical ventilation.