ARE0201-Climatology-Lesson Plan

1. SRM UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Course Code : ARE 0201
Course Title : CLIMATOLOGY
Year & Semester : B.Tech – Architectural Engineering - II year, III semester
Course time : Odd semester (July- Dec 2012)
Location : Architecture Department
Faculty Details:
Name of the Staff Sec. Office Office Hours Mail ID
JAWAHAR BENAZIR Arch 8.45 AM – 4.00
A jawahar.s@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in
S.H.R Dept PM
REQUIRED TEXT BOOK
O.H. Koenigsberger, Manual of Tropical housing and building – Climatic Design, Orient
Longman, Chennai, 1975.
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. M .Evans – Housing, Climate & Comfort , Architectural Press, London ,1980.
2. E.Schild & M.Finbow – Environmental Physics in construction & its Application
in Architectural
Design, granadar , London, 198
3. B.Givoni - Man, Climate & Architecture, Applied Science, Essex 1982.
4. Donald Watson & Kenneth labs – Climatic Design – Mcgraw hill NewYork
1983.
5. A.Konya- Design Primer for Hot Climates, Architectural Press, London, 1980.
OBJECTIVES:
In order to equip the students with the scientific background required to design
climate responsive buildings, a clear understanding of the various climate

2. elements - Radiation, air temperature, humidity and wind speed as tools of
design is intended.
It also includes the articulation of the building into its various components in
response to the above mentioned climatic elements.
TENTATIVE TEST DATES
Cycle Test-I : As per schedule
Cycle Test-II : As per schedule
Model Examination : As per schedule
TEST PORTIONS
Cycle Test-I : 1st & 2nd Units
Cycle Test-II : 3rd & 4th Units
Model Examination : All five Units
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Cycle Test-I : 15 marks
Cycle Test-II : 15 marks
Model Examination : 20 marks
Course outcome Program outcome
Students will gain knowledge The program helps them to realize the importance
about the Global Climatic and influence of Climate while designing a
factors, Thermal comfort building. It provides the student the application of
factors, Design of solar a synoptic climatological approach and
shading devices etc., and its environmental analysis to any design and deriving
application in Climatic Design. at innovative solutions for designs.
DETAILED SESSION PLAN
ASSIGNMEN
SESSION TOPICS TO BE COVERED T
/TEST
EXAMINATION
CYCLE TEST I
1-2 UNIT 1: CLIMATE &THERMAL COMFORT
MODEL
Global climatic factors
3 Elements of climate
4 Classification & characteristics of tropical climates

3. 5 Site climate
6 Thermal balance of the human body
7 Thermal comfort indices
8 Effective temperature, CET, comfort zone
9 Calculation of over-heated &under heated periods.
10-12 UNIT 2: SOLAR GEOMETRY &DESIGN OF SUNSHADING DEVICES
Apparent movement of the sun, sun path diagrams (solar
chart)
13 Solar angles, Shadow angles, solar shading masks. etc
14-16 Exercises on plotting isopleth, transfer of isopleth to solar
chart, fitting a shading mask over the overheated period
17-18 Design of sun shading devices for different orientations.
19 Discussion of Cycle Test I Question Paper & Review of Answer
Scripts
20 UNIT 3: PRINCIPLES OF THERMAL DESIGN IN BUILDINGS
Thermal quantities – heat flow rate, conductivity (k–value ) &
resistivity
21 Conductance through a multi-layered body, surface conductance
22 Transmittance – calculation of U- value
23 Convection, Radiation, concept of sol-air temperature & solar
gain factor
24 Exercises on heat loss & heat gain in building assuming steady
state assumption (thermal balance equation).
25 Periodic heat flow in building – time lag & decrement factor &
its application in selection of appropriate materials for walls &
roof.
26 Effect of Insulation & cavity on time lag & its practical use
27 Exercises on achieving the required indoor temperature by
varying the components of composite materials according to
the U values.
28- UNIT 4: VENTILATION & DAY LIGHTING
29 Functions of ventilation – stack effect due to the thermal
forces, wind velocity – wind rose diagram, wind pressure.

4. 30- Air movement through building &around buildings
31
32 Factors affecting indoor air flow , wind shadow etc.
33- The nature of light , its transmission , reflection
34
35 colored light, the Munsell system
36 Photometric quantities – illumination, day lighting prediction
– the daylight design graph.
37 Discussion of Cycle Test 2 Question Paper & Review of Answer
Scripts
38- UNIT 5: DESIGN FOR CLIMATIC TYPES
40 Building design & lay out planning consideration for warm
humid Climate
41 Building design & lay out planning consideration for hot dry
Climate
42 Building design & lay out planning consideration for composite
Climate
43 Building design & lay out planning consideration for tropical
upland Climate
44 Climatic data sets – analysis – climate graph – the Mahoney
tables & its recommended specification.
45 Exercises on design of small buildings for various climates.
Staff in Charge Dean / Arch
Ar. S.H.R.JAWAHAR BENAZIR Prof.
M.THIRUMENI