Conradie, Dirk CUKumirai, T2012-08-222012-08-222012-06Conradie, DCU and Kumirai, T. The creation of a South African climate map for the quantification of appropriate passive design responses. 4th CIB International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environments, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 28-29 June 2012http://hdl.handle.net/10204/60594th CIB International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environments, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 28-29 June 2012To design energy-efficient buildings using an optimal combination of passive design strategies it is necessary to understand the particular climate one is designing for. Predictive computational building performance requires a detailed set of quantified climatic data. Bioclimatic charts, such as the Givoni-Milne, have been used in the early design stages to define potential building design strategies. Recently the South African SANS 204-2 (2008) standard introduced six main climatic regions in an attempt to introduce a quantified view of climate into the South African National Building Standards. The question is raised whether this granularity of refinement is adequate to optimally support design decisions within the built environment for passive design strategies such as passive solar heating, thermal mass and natural ventilation. The CSIR decided to map South Africa using 20 years of precipitation and temperature data employing a Köppen-Geiger climatic classification to refine the six-zone model. The model was then extended to reflect expected South African climate changes over the next 100 years to synthetically create weather files for predicting building performance of existing and new buildings in the future. Using the new climatic map, several bioclimatic design tools were researched to address the question of climatic responsive design. Many pre-design tools have been developed in order to help architects design buildings in the early design stages. These tools include a series of bioclimatic charts by Olgyay, Givoni and Givoni-Milne.enSouth African climate mapSustainable built environmentsSouth African National Building StandardsBuilding design strategiesClimatic classificationPassive design responsesKöppen-Geiger mapBioclimatic chartConference PresentationConradie, D. C., & Kumirai, T. (2012). The creation of a South African climate map for the quantification of appropriate passive design responses. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6059Conradie, Dirk CU, and T Kumirai. "The creation of a South African climate map for the quantification of appropriate passive design responses." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6059Conradie DC, Kumirai T, The creation of a South African climate map for the quantification of appropriate passive design responses; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6059 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Conradie, Dirk CU AU - Kumirai, T AB - To design energy-efficient buildings using an optimal combination of passive design strategies it is necessary to understand the particular climate one is designing for. Predictive computational building performance requires a detailed set of quantified climatic data. Bioclimatic charts, such as the Givoni-Milne, have been used in the early design stages to define potential building design strategies. Recently the South African SANS 204-2 (2008) standard introduced six main climatic regions in an attempt to introduce a quantified view of climate into the South African National Building Standards. The question is raised whether this granularity of refinement is adequate to optimally support design decisions within the built environment for passive design strategies such as passive solar heating, thermal mass and natural ventilation. The CSIR decided to map South Africa using 20 years of precipitation and temperature data employing a Köppen-Geiger climatic classification to refine the six-zone model. The model was then extended to reflect expected South African climate changes over the next 100 years to synthetically create weather files for predicting building performance of existing and new buildings in the future. Using the new climatic map, several bioclimatic design tools were researched to address the question of climatic responsive design. Many pre-design tools have been developed in order to help architects design buildings in the early design stages. These tools include a series of bioclimatic charts by Olgyay, Givoni and Givoni-Milne. DA - 2012-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - South African climate map KW - Sustainable built environments KW - South African National Building Standards KW - Building design strategies KW - Climatic classification KW - Passive design responses KW - Köppen-Geiger map KW - Bioclimatic chart LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 T1 - The creation of a South African climate map for the quantification of appropriate passive design responses TI - The creation of a South African climate map for the quantification of appropriate passive design responses UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6059 ER -